From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 21 16:29:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DC3016A4CE for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:29:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx05.ms.so-net.ne.jp (mx05.ms.so-net.ne.jp [202.238.82.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A4043D39 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:29:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from khoyee@tf7.so-net.ne.jp) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (pdd17d1.osakac00.ap.so-net.ne.jp [218.221.23.209]) by mx05.ms.so-net.ne.jp with ESMTP id i8LGTSxV023259 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:29:29 +0900 (JST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <72437EBA-0BEB-11D9-9C7B-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Choy Kho Yee Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:29:44 +0900 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: The best release to install now? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:29:32 -0000 I would like to install freeBSD on a machine which only has WinXP resides in it now. I need to set it up to do some work. And I think there are 2 choices for me now, which are 5.2.1 or 5.3-BETA5. Although I would like to keep up-to-date with the OS but still I want a reasonably stable system on which most ports installs without many problems. And I would like to be able to upgrade to 5.3-STABLE when it is ready some point in the future without much struggles. I don't mind to recompile all the ports, though. So, what are your suggestions? Thanks for any input. --- Choy Kho Yee "There are only 10 types of people in the world, i.e. those who understand binary numbers and those who do not."