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Date:      Mon, 29 May 2000 15:20:35 +1000
From:      "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
To:        "mlduke" <mlduke@concentric.net>, "Ralph Mellor" <ralph@dimp.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'?
Message-ID:  <017601bfc92d$a020aaf0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005282021260.291-100000@mlduke.concentric.net>

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We've got a fair number of 4.0 systems running as gateways for connecting
permanent modem LAN's to the internet,> Most of these carry a reasonable
(although not enterprise level) load, including MySQL, Apache, Boa,
sendmail,
FTP etc ..... never had the slightest sign of a reliability issue


----- Original Message -----
From: "mlduke" <mlduke@concentric.net>
To: "Ralph Mellor" <ralph@dimp.com>
Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'?


>
> This is strictly _personal_.
> I'm sticking with 3.2
> When the guy who intro'd me to FBSD and my Unix Mentor both say
> negative things about "the latest and best" 4.0--I'm staying where
> I am.
>
> It works. It is stable. I've seen no reason to change.
> What the inbetweens might be I have no idea. Ideas have
> floated about that if one were to change, NetBSD might be the
> more stable way to go.
>
> ML Duke
>
> > page
> >
> >   http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html
> >
> > says
> >
> >   If you haven't installed yet, look for the latest mainstream release.
> >
> > and 'latest mainstream release' links to
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.4R/announce.html
> >
> > so it looks like 3.4 is the 'latest mainstream release'.
> >
> > most of the rest of the doc i've read is consistent with 3.4
> > being the release that a newbie should install, but there have
> > been some minor potential inconsistencies (hence this post).
> > for example, one page (http://www.freebsd.org/where.html)
> > linked to 3.3 stuff. (i found this page via the search engine,
> > so maybe it's not linked in anymore by current doc and should
> > be ignored?). furthermore, comments on the current-stable
> > handbook page, plus a reasonable plain english interpretation
> > 'latest mainstream release', make me wonder if 4.0 might qualify.
> >
> > so, is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'?
> >
> > --
> > Ralph Mellor: http://www.dimp.com/ralphmellor.html   615.292.2917 x2
> > If I had my life over, I'd believe in reincarnation.   icq# 71194896
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