Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:59:55 +0200 (CEST) From: <pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast Message-ID: <20050425155955.89494.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com>
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FWIW;
I tried 5.2.1, then 5.3 (briefly) and then I moved to 4.11 for the following
reasons:
- Bad press towards the 5.x series.
- I expected 4.11 to be completely bug free and absolutely stable.
- phk's axe broke one of my favorite ports and I didn't want to spend another 6
months "fixing" it.
- I wanted to use XFree86-4 and building it on my own and figuring out the
library mess later is not an option.
- Although outdated, the downloadable java support package was available for
4.x only.
In all honesty I recommend 5.x. In order to get real performance from 4.11 i
had to rebuild the kernel with -Os -mcpu=pentium, and figure out how to get
some poorly documented parameters right. 5.3 out-of-the-box was more
responsive, it auto tunes better and is not at all slow as some irresponsible
articles on the net had suggested.
One thing I find extremely attractive in the 5.x series is the standards
compliance.. many ports I use require patching to get working on 4.x. Also, if
I can make a suggestion, installing the ports tree from the CD is a bad idea,
by the time the CD is out the ports tree is already outdated. i either download
the packages or build from an updated ports tree.
I am convinced FreeBSD's core team is on the right track and our beloved
FreeBSD will continue having a brilliant future.
cheers,
Pedro.
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