From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 12:10:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ED791065678 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 12:10:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from abalour@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C43C98FC0C for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 12:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm15 with SMTP id 15so262098fxm.13 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 05:10:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:reply-to :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-type; bh=jDgQBPr4YVEcfT/Pf2abdo2tntSXp6vpzlJGm2bOFks=; b=AMdKIz5Gjx2zFuNXBzgWqFgrPSn/gMcXs9Gn93owM2b3U1thMC0S8+v6IZ6QdDBrCg dY6OVImicCfKYFqosXbhT0rBy4+ICjNmEhHwqD3cP62iAiXLGpiSBl6d+/m5vmt11dhC RuM9uwEFWUzWpeuXEVjGMYmTptrRuEjSFGgsA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; b=GK2K6AkkEnqljxIanJYxUfAMDAnPIMP2rjPcDszqRXp6Ll4z6isG7YxPvQXXc3m7Bi /alhEZvrqbntxygmEu2uUD+OEToWmt4n3fBnOCxXpNplYNr/ctDAAdFXwNmsSwV2GuoJ 8fHHKxeH0s04zHUXE1hMm4Pf1TZd0oS0R1Gmo= Received: by 10.204.2.139 with SMTP id 11mr189962bkj.202.1273579855174; Tue, 11 May 2010 05:10:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.119.72 with HTTP; Tue, 11 May 2010 05:10:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BE942BC.8060005@waagmeester.co.za> References: <4BE942BC.8060005@waagmeester.co.za> From: Ross Cameron Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:35 +0200 Message-ID: To: Coert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: rookie question about PACKAGESITE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:10:59 -0000 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 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures.