From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun May 28 23:11:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from wwns.wwns.com (wwns.wwns.com [216.153.28.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 351D137BBC4 for ; Sun, 28 May 2000 23:11:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ralph@dimp.com) Received: from dimp.com (ci107016-a.nash1.tn.home.com [24.6.45.18]) by wwns.wwns.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA25958 for ; Mon, 29 May 2000 01:12:19 -0500 Message-ID: <393208F7.526B7840@dimp.com> Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 01:06:47 -0500 From: Ralph Mellor Organization: Digital Impact X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org thanx 2 all who've answered thus far. does the current doc's preponderance of references to 3.4 as the thing for a newbie to install reflect the intentions of the freebsd authors? ---- fwiw, i've already installed 4.0R because, based on minimal reading (an hour or two) and link following, i had earlier concluded that 4.0 was the 'latest mainstream release'. however, some pieces, like the 4.0 install utility, didn't match up to my expectations given freebsd's rep. so i then concluded that maybe i was installing bleeding edge stuff. hence my email. mlduke wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- 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