From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 07:40:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A77A516A4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:40:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8FCB44032 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:40:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.strauser.com (pooh.honeypot.net [10.0.5.128]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8TEeJGf004803 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:40:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030929025157.5d005b32.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> From: Kirk Strauser Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:40:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20030929025157.5d005b32.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> (Bryan Cassidy's message of "Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:51:57 -0500") Message-ID: <87he2vmzea.fsf@strauser.com> Lines: 16 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.8 v/s 5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:40:22 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:40:22 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-09-29T07:51:57Z, Bryan Cassidy writes: > which is better for whatever reasons people use it. Define "better" - I'm not being facetious. If by "better" you mean "faster on common hardware and more stable", then you *probably* want 4.x. If you mean "has cool new features and should be faster on high-end hardware", then you *probably* want 5.x. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser "94 outdated ports on the box, 94 outdated ports. Portupgrade one, an hour 'til done, 82 outdated ports on the box." --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/eERS5sRg+Y0CpvERAh8CAJ95OAl6khDg9QoRSkWTyUzVq+5J3QCfa94m 7RTsN36oV8oWWd/RCQwd0Ew= =8BgM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--