From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 17:23:10 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 A984F16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:23:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grokwell.org (31-21.lctv-ubr2-blk1.cablelynx.com [206.255.31.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FE1043D46 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:23:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from grokwell.org (yoda.datawok.com [192.168.63.10]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by grokwell.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84DBA1734A; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:23:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Laszlo Antal Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:23:06 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <1099933068.1C0D8247@r5.dngr.org> In-Reply-To: <1099933068.1C0D8247@r5.dngr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200411081123.06741.algould@datawok.com> Subject: Re: 4.10 FBSD vs 5.x FBSD 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: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:23:10 -0000 On Monday 08 November 2004 10:56 am, Laszlo Antal wrote: > Hi, > I am using 4.10 FBSD. Just started few months ago. My question is > what are the major differenc > beetwen the 4.10 and the 5.x release?? > I am reading this mailing list every day (better than any book I got) > and I see that most of the questione is about 5.x release and just > read today the 5.3 came out. > Do I need to upgrade to 5.x ? Is 4.10 out of date? > > Thank you > > Laszlo You do not need to upgrade to 5.* FreeBSD 4.10 is not out-of-date. In fact, at one time, the developers were planning a version 4.11; but I don't know the current status of that decision. Reasons to stay with 4.10 may include: 1. Your system is running fine and providing all the features and services that you currently need. ("If it ain't broke, don't fix it.") 2. You've heard reports that your old hardware doesn't work or is very difficult to configure in FreeBSD 5* (such as certain pcmcia ports). 3. You're upgrading your hardware soon and will perform clean installations of FreeBSD 5* at that time. The reasons to upgrade to FreeBSD 5.3 may include: 1. You need features in 5.3 that do not exist in 4.10. 2. There are structural differences between FreeBSD 4* and 5*. If you are very new to FreeBSD, you may wish to learn 5* from the start. 3. You know you will eventually upgrade to 5*; and now is as good a time as any. I'm sure more experienced users will chime in with additional thoughts. Best of luck, Andrew Gould