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Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 20:22:00 -0400
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From: Parag Chhibber <pchhibbe@attila.stevens-tech.edu>
Subject: Different versions of FreeBSD
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Hi.

I've done quite a bit of reading around, and just wanted to make sure that I
understood the differences between the versions of FreeBSD.

        -RELEASE  : The absolutely safest version of FreeBSD  (currently 2.1)

        -STABLE   : A newer version then the release, with some more bugfixes

        -CURRENT  : A newer version the the stable, basically a little less
stable.

        -SNAPSHOT : The newest "version" of FreeBSD.  


Is that correct?  If it is, then I guess if I want to start an ISP, I should
start familiarizing myself with -RELEASE?

Thanks in advance for your time and effort.

-Parag Chhibber