From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 19 10:10:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 5696B16A47B for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:10:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AA2043D4C for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:10:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (host5.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.229]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k5JA9McY023951 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:09:23 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5JABhVW004260; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:11:43 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k5JABcY9004259; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:11:38 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:11:38 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Dan Bikle Message-ID: <20060619101138.GA4170@gothmog.pc> References: <74252ed10606171050w6fdd78c8nd7fceedf4c5c2e6b@mail.gmail.com> <200606171416.52309.amistry@am-productions.biz> <74252ed10606171129k2f5e57e6me799aae645b4a9c3@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <74252ed10606171129k2f5e57e6me799aae645b4a9c3@mail.gmail.com> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.269, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 1.13, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Anish Mistry , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:10:05 -0000 On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle wrote: > Anish, > > Thanks this is good info. > > I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. > > Currently I do development on a Mac. > > My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 You shouldn't be running a production server with 5.3 at all. The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release, so if you are still running systems with that version, then you should *first* upgrade your production systems to a more stable FreeBSD version. Many important bugs have been fixed on the 5.X branch since the 5.3 version was built, so you should target at the _very_ least the more stable, debugged & featureful 5.4 or 5.5 releases, or even RELENG_5. > I want a development environment which is closer to production > than my Mac is. Which is a very good point. This is why you should definitely start by fixing the version of the production system :)