Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:06:18 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To 6.3 or to 7.0 that is the question? Message-ID: <479122DA.3050905@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <014401c85a16$a5557280$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <014401c85a16$a5557280$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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Steven Hartland wrote: > With the announcement of 6.3 and with 7.0 looking like it wont be far > behind I'd interested to hear what people thought of the relative > benefits of each where? > > I know 7 has had a lot of work done on locking and ULE but are there > any other reasons to go for that instead of 6.3? Conversely are there > any reason which would point away from 7 such as stability issues? > > Regards > Steve I really like FreeBSD 7.x, except for one issue. On my Dell Lattitude D800 laptop, xorg freezes the computer solid on starting or stopping. (But I guess I like the advantages of 7.x to the extent that I haven't gone back to 6.x). Stephen
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