Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:35 +0200 From: Ross Cameron <abalour@gmail.com> To: Coert <lgroups@waagmeester.co.za> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rookie question about PACKAGESITE Message-ID: <AANLkTilzyMOgV2NO-CXHGYUSrBJPWk-0f57OjStjNK23@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BE942BC.8060005@waagmeester.co.za> References: <4BE942BC.8060005@waagmeester.co.za>
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Hey hey Coert
Nice to see another GLUG member on here.
The link below will answer you're question.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html
In general give the FreeBSD Handbook a read, in my concerted little
opinion it is the gold standard in how any operating system should be
documented.
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Coert <lgroups@waagmeester.co.za> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I started using FreeBSD about a week ago, and I really like the system. Have
> been using Linux for the last few years.
>
> One noob question though, according to the Handbook on Packages and Ports, I
> can use packages for either RELEASE, STABLE, or CURRENT.
>
> How exactly would this compare to Linux?
> Is it that CURRENT is like Fedora(bleeding-edge and somewhat unstable), and
> STABLE is like RedHat Enterprise Linux (older versions of software, but very
> stable)?
>
> Which one should I use? I am currently using RELEASE.
> I am not looking for bleeding edge. I'm after stability.
>
> Kind regards,
> Coert
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