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Date:      Thu, 08 Jan 2004 11:06:08 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        xaphod@freebsd.co.uk
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Where is FreeBSD going? (View from the trenches)
Message-ID:  <xzp3caq92lr.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <E1AeGsK-0002qQ-4M@a1.mx.netnorth.co.uk>

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xaphod@freebsd.co.uk writes:
> A lot of my current fears stem from the current state of 5.  I run 5.1
> on my desktop, laptop and servers.  I know 5 is not rated for server
> use, but I evaluate each RELEASE on a case by case basis.  In testing
> 5.0 I discovered it has issues, so I didn't use it.  Whereas 5.1 was
> perfectly stable.  So I started using it.  Looking at 5.2, without
> testing it on any of my boxes as yet, my perception is that it's a bit
> flaky.

On the contrary, 5.2 is (in my experience) far more stable than 5.1,
and a lot of work has gone into ACPI support and interrupt routing to
make 5.2 run better on laptops and high-end servers.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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