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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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