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Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 09:47:56 +0200
From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4: Is it generally unstable?
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On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 10:13:16AM +1000, David Hogan wrote:
> [...]
> .. it's just my general impression that
> "something's up" with the stability of the 5.4 release. If I were to deploy
> a server right now, would a seasoned FreeBSD user use 4.11 or 5.4?

I'd say go for 5.4.
5.4 runs rock stable here on amd64.
Have 5.4 running even very stable on vmware as well under XP like you.

	Andreas ///

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