Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 00:28:21 +1000 From: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> To: "Ralph Mellor" <ralph@dimp.com> Cc: <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'? Message-ID: <007a01bfc97a$4064bc80$95a093cb@timberwolf> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005282021260.291-100000@mlduke.concentric.net> <393208F7.526B7840@dimp.com>
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Don't know about everyone else, but I think the 4.0 install worked better for the than 3.2...wayy better infact...and the ports (or rather packages) that come on the CD are newer and better too. newer versions of KDE etc. Funny tho how the vim package was left out :(.. I think that and 4.0 was the only port I had to download to have a little experimental box going. On an unrelated note, I've founf xfree864.0 works better with my hardware (Creative TNT with a pretty generic monitor) than the one on the CD. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph Mellor <ralph@dimp.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 4:06 PM Subject: Re: is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'? > thanx 2 all who've answered thus far. > > does the current doc's preponderance of references to 3.4 as > the thing for a newbie to install reflect the intentions of > the freebsd authors? > > ---- > > fwiw, i've already installed 4.0R because, based on minimal > reading (an hour or two) and link following, i had earlier > concluded that 4.0 was the 'latest mainstream release'. > > however, some pieces, like the 4.0 install utility, didn't > match up to my expectations given freebsd's rep. so i then > concluded that maybe i was installing bleeding edge stuff. > > hence my email. > > mlduke wrote: > > > > This is strictly _personal_. > > I'm sticking with 3.2 > > When the guy who intro'd me to FBSD and my Unix Mentor both say > > negative things about "the latest and best" 4.0--I'm staying where > > I am. > > > > It works. It is stable. I've seen no reason to change. > > What the inbetweens might be I have no idea. Ideas have > > floated about that if one were to change, NetBSD might be the > > more stable way to go. > > > > ML Duke > > > > > page > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html > > > > > > says > > > > > > If you haven't installed yet, look for the latest mainstream release. > > > > > > and 'latest mainstream release' links to > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.4R/announce.html > > > > > > so it looks like 3.4 is the 'latest mainstream release'. > > > > > > most of the rest of the doc i've read is consistent with 3.4 > > > being the release that a newbie should install, but there have > > > been some minor potential inconsistencies (hence this post). > > > for example, one page (http://www.freebsd.org/where.html) > > > linked to 3.3 stuff. (i found this page via the search engine, > > > so maybe it's not linked in anymore by current doc and should > > > be ignored?). furthermore, comments on the current-stable > > > handbook page, plus a reasonable plain english interpretation > > > 'latest mainstream release', make me wonder if 4.0 might qualify. > > > > > > so, is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'? > > > > > > -- > > > Ralph Mellor: http://www.dimp.com/ralphmellor.html 615.292.2917 x2 > > > If I had my life over, I'd believe in reincarnation. icq# 71194896 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Digital Impact: http://www.dimp.com/ 615.292.2917 or 877.DIMP.COM > > > 2510 Essex Place, Nashville TN 37212 Fax: 615.269.9520 > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > Ralph Mellor: http://www.dimp.com/ralphmellor.html 615.292.2917 x2 > If I had my life over, I'd believe in reincarnation. icq# 71194896 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Digital Impact: http://www.dimp.com/ 615.292.2917 or 877.DIMP.COM > 2510 Essex Place, Nashville TN 37212 Fax: 615.269.9520 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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