Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:22:24 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Most Suitable version of FBSD for server? Message-ID: <41A14D60.4080709@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <d9175cad04112118064b90bfba@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041121180539.A4962@aslan.camp.com> <d9175cad04112118064b90bfba@mail.gmail.com>
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Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: >>Which version of FBSD is currently most appropriate for use as >>a server (mail, NFS, samba)? 4.9? 4.10? 5.somethingorother? > > > Obviously you'll want something current so 4.9 is out of the question. > That kind of leaves the 2 distinct branches. These are the 4.x and > 5.x and are currently represented by 5.3 and 4.10. Which you want is > rather for you to decide. I recommend trying both. It seems like a > lot of work, but is probably best. Many say that for SMP, 5.3 has > advantages although there have been threads in the lists that argue > both ways. I would recommend trying with 4.10 for a while and 5.3 for > a while and load-testing each to see which performs better and which > best fits your needs. > While I agree (in part) I think the user ought to move to 5.x - 4.x is legacy, and no telling how much longer it will be until there is little to no support or development for it. -- Best regards, Chris To change an environment variable in tcsh you use: setenv NAME "value" where NAME is the name of the variable and "value" its new value.
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