Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:11:38 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Dan Bikle <dan.bikle@gmail.com> Cc: Anish Mistry <amistry@am-productions.biz>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations? Message-ID: <20060619101138.GA4170@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <74252ed10606171129k2f5e57e6me799aae645b4a9c3@mail.gmail.com> References: <74252ed10606171050w6fdd78c8nd7fceedf4c5c2e6b@mail.gmail.com> <200606171416.52309.amistry@am-productions.biz> <74252ed10606171129k2f5e57e6me799aae645b4a9c3@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <dan.bikle@gmail.com> wrote: > Anish, > > Thanks this is good info. > > I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. > > Currently I do development on a Mac. > > My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 You shouldn't be running a production server with 5.3 at all. The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release, so if you are still running systems with that version, then you should *first* upgrade your production systems to a more stable FreeBSD version. Many important bugs have been fixed on the 5.X branch since the 5.3 version was built, so you should target at the _very_ least the more stable, debugged & featureful 5.4 or 5.5 releases, or even RELENG_5. > I want a development environment which is closer to production > than my Mac is. Which is a very good point. This is why you should definitely start by fixing the version of the production system :)
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