From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun May 28 22:17:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from gargoyle.apana.org.au (brisba6.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.66.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84B337BB91 for ; Sun, 28 May 2000 22:17:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by gargoyle.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09650; Mon, 29 May 2000 15:16:56 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from roadrunner.apana.org.au(203.3.126.132), claiming to be "ROADRUNNER" via SMTP by gargoyle.apana.org.au, id smtpdRr9648; Mon May 29 15:16:52 2000 Message-ID: <017601bfc92d$a020aaf0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> From: "Doug Young" To: "mlduke" , "Ralph Mellor" Cc: References: Subject: Re: is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'? Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 15:20:35 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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" To: "Ralph Mellor" Cc: 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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Digital Impact: http://www.dimp.com/ 615.292.2917 or 877.DIMP.COM > > 2510 Essex Place, Nashville TN 37212 Fax: 615.269.9520 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message