From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 18 07:49:07 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E2FDDD0714 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:49:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.xtaz@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-x231.google.com (mail-wr0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EB22775BF for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:49:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.xtaz@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-x231.google.com with SMTP id f8so19374082wrf.3 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:49:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=gP/0zbmkptE00h0q86FyBz9DWMFdkE5n5Myk3nSgEkg=; b=HzO3F0cA7WN1AdAyUqpyA2NlaFT2s8qU7vKqX33Qzy+AyLQa9xxf4VK7ErQ80FSAjT 3GcDHVDDRdn3/T01G14t0th/xs8syfqCkxJBGWbR/7WV4Mj77+hQjhKYCuDPvNnwg9pC sOCN7d3ORobRNOfVrz6IFF6e/S2rxawd5Q3lRN5JkM5/zn6A+ZKY1QhiLIoaxGSDTKX4 5tYc12Gzog/LkYyWRkK3ySziJi43YtFA9EPWGjEfcJMgut12BOc5jvPJNsqKuxe53jMX 9WJmKQeMRstcVhpD/tYR6PilLlyg6Kf1bqz0bkRZ8aJFhY4Jktq7fGqU1gd/CQx0oViw QFQg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=gP/0zbmkptE00h0q86FyBz9DWMFdkE5n5Myk3nSgEkg=; b=cMz/BWY/N+CBEbd5+EZMeCmthxL0PjBLiPCLSLwpIZA4uU9Zv8+R+q5WbZEtjD8zwc 3QcGF/22y7ae+XQz7ZYi0mbkNkclRMY+Tvw4Btdtt+78sn/aJmkGqPatv617CsrtUYxF sNLHb8fFp/4rSr+YE+om+pOVyAFZqAP9IMmGEY3tYeCawpFNy9kMqdAr07v6CaOgz4QJ Aw7FKFvoguMVtgnjsGflkwg5m+r/3WyYy8ejiYcEdbCQnQZF4voRJTMa38oWVzrwxdVo Ww0YTHR1V3d4RWfEVxRaqWjYnhis+KRrCxT1CSJiuawMXsK/WT28uMfYaTVz4tm4ZeD7 BCNg== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5h4rlvvjYUrP7VMjUwNmXJzvwMSCaVTELBqlo0krz6q6OJ+9zxA sjbp6MTtuW4v0A== X-Received: by 10.28.173.82 with SMTP id w79mr950597wme.113.1503042545574; Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:49:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com (tao.xtaz.uk. [2001:8b0:fe33::10]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g17sm6238894wrc.28.2017.08.18.00.49.04 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:49:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:49:02 +0100 From: Matt Smith To: Manish Jain Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Any reason to prefer 11.1 over 10.3 ? Message-ID: <20170818074902.GA91334@gmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Matt Smith , Manish Jain , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:49:07 -0000 On Aug 18 07:35, Manish Jain wrote: >Hi, > >I am going to have to install FreeBSD again on a box on which 10.3R >works well. Is there any reason I should prefer 11.1R ? > >Thanks for any tips. >Manish Jain The main reason for 11.1 would be the expected end of life date when 10.3 will no longer be supported. As you can see from https://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#sup that is April 30, 2018 whereas 11.1 will be 3 months after the release of 11.2. Obviously you can upgrade from 10.3 to 10.4, or from 10.3 to 11.2, and from 11.1 to 11.2 quite easily, but it's easier to start with 11 than it is to start with 10 and do a major version upgrade. Unless there are any strange issues particular to your hardware 10 and 11 should work identically really. -- Matt