From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 21 10:39:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA29712 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 10:39:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA29706 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 10:38:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) id TAA25358; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:30:26 +0100 (MET) Received: from knobel.gun.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knobel.gun.de (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA06342; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:26:56 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:26:56 +0100 (MET) From: Andreas Klemm To: Joerg Wunsch cc: FreeBSD hackers Subject: Re: Leaving OS at 1.1.5.1 (was Re: BSDvs Lxxxxx Flame.. ) In-Reply-To: <199601211423.PAA24984@uriah.heep.sax.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 21 Jan 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > As Gary Roberts wrote: > > > > J Wunsch writes: > > > > > No, this machine is still on 1.1.5.1. And will remain so, i think. > > > > May I ask why, in particular? > > It basically boils down to: ``Never change a running system''. > > Ahh, netcrap. It's a known VM hog. You're suffering from the > infamous ``swap leak''. I think there has been a workaround for it in > 1.1.5.1, but it looks like it doesn't help for you. The problem has > been eliminated in FreeBSD 2 by the VM gurus, so upgrading might be a > real chance for you. FreeBSD 2.1 runs really smart. Even FreeBSD-current runs very very good (I really have to say), with some small exceptions. Go for it ! If you need stability over all, then install 2.1 and update via sup using the freebsd-stable supfile ... If you like to have the newest and finest things ... Then get -current. I'm very happy with it now ... Although I'm really missing a backup device *sigh*. BTW: the above mentioned rule of thumb "Never touch..." is also true for -current :-)) But ..... I never learn ;-)) -- andreas@knobel.gun.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ - Support Unix - aklemm@wup.de - \/ ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz apsfilter - magic print filter 4lpd >>> knobel is powered by FreeBSD <<<