Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 09:53:53 +0900 From: Luke Kearney <lukek@meibin.net> To: XylonMaster <xylonmaster@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Freebsd Message-ID: <20040504094938.A265.LUKEK@meibin.net> In-Reply-To: <NIBBKDNKOLKJAJLPLOBHGEACCAAA.XylonMaster@optonline.net> References: <NIBBKDNKOLKJAJLPLOBHGEACCAAA.XylonMaster@optonline.net>
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On Mon, 03 May 2004 20:52:30 -0400 XylonMaster <xylonmaster@optonline.net> granted us these pearls of wisdom: > I am a begginer in unix and would like to know which freebsd version is > considered the most stable and reliable. So far i have the freebsd 4.2 > powerpack, but am wondering if the downloaded version of freebsd 5.1, 5.2 > will allow me to install freebsd 4.2 third-party software form the 4.2 > powerpack edition i have puchased 3 years ago. If out and out stability is what you are after then 4.9 is probably the one you want. 4.2 is a little dated now and is missing some of the new drivers that you might like to have available to you. There is nothing wrong with 5.X it is very slick and has some nice new features but IMHO you might get better mileage from 4.9 to begin with. Dual booting with 4.9 is a piece of cake too. Enjoy LukeK -- Luke Kearney <lukek@meibin.net>
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