From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 15:59:58 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B6D16A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:59:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web51608.mail.yahoo.com (web51608.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AEF943D5D for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:59:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 89496 invoked by uid 60001); 25 Apr 2005 15:59:56 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=HpBbNrZZeQYhV+QyMJm8aLx5y91vvEZWMba284vCEXWL9KxT1ctwrqX/hGOXuEyLGkE4+28eeKKTN3g+veC/B0JgwWh/gH9Lb2opq4xe/mmW/RCjMFl9BrSr232VDhpA34WSbA80d7teEx3hBUCOFUU11W1IdCqXKLXRlYkApVE= ; Message-ID: <20050425155955.89494.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.119.73.50] by web51608.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:59:55 CEST Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:59:55 +0200 (CEST) From: To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:52:54 +0000 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:59:58 -0000 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 - Although outdated, the downloadable java support package was available for 4.x only.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. ___________________________________ Nuovo Yahoo! Messenger: E' molto più divertente: Audibles, Avatar, Webcam, Giochi, Rubrica… Scaricalo ora! http://it.messenger.yahoo.it