From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 19 3:48:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (law2-f69.hotmail.com [216.32.181.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF22037B41B for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 03:48:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 03:48:10 -0700 Received: from 24.159.98.80 by lw2fd.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:48:10 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.159.98.80] From: "Kenneth Mays" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.4RC5: Test results (first take) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 06:48:10 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Sep 2001 10:48:10.0649 (UTC) FILETIME=[93109890:01C140F8] Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Most of the issues were workstation-related. As a server, FreeBSD 4.4RC5 was fine for what I needed. As a workstation, it needs a tweak here and there which isn't so off the mark as most Linux distributions. The issues are not really uncommon from what I found in the Windows world where someone hasn't kept in line with the HCL or bought hardware not supported by the product (yet). The other is configuring the applications for your environment. I actually tried to start writing down a list of procedures on how to properly do this or that using FreeBSD on a Thinkpad. A few people have done this (FreeBSD Diary) in other forms but what I have found is old information or unanswered questions. People figuring things out but not sure if it "really" works properly. Some questions I have asked are in the "known bugs" lists of different web sites with random answers in which many of them were incorrect or outdated. I didn't mind the outdated info so much, it was when I found information that wasn't answered or not clear in how you should fix your issue "exactly". Sometimes, it is just a lack of clear examples. My comments are not really pointed at my testing with FreeBSD but many operating systems. Linux and Windows are the documentation leaders (besides Apple or Sun) when it comes to telling you how to do this or that. I thought with FreeBSD I could accomplish something similar where you can find one documentation related to FreeBSD-multimedia, audio, CD playback and recording, and MIDI. The other document dealt with running FreeBSD on some of the older laptops and new ones. There are websites on some of these subjects but much of it is not in a "book" form. I don't think there is even a clear cut document telling you how to build a high-performance server using FreeBSD v4.3-R on a particular platform. Something that is very simple and clear on the approach. You can search the FreeBSD mail archives, documents, and even the Linux knowledgebases for most of the answers. I was just pointing out what I have noticed while setting up my system. Sendmail and KDE was addressed before by other people (the project was frozen then). There is no option during install to load either Xfree 4.x or XFree 3.3.6. The parallel port wasn't assigned a port. Just small things that some people feel are important. We take a lot of things for granted. Ok, back to -stable. Ken 4.4RC5 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message