Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:29:27 +0100 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> To: "Eric I. Arnoth" <earnoth@UDel.Edu> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new laptop, which system? Message-ID: <4.1.19990218162613.0098be10@194.184.65.4> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9902180921440.479-100000@compaq.my.local.net >
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At 09.28 18/02/99 -0500, you wrote: >My many thanks to all of you who sent me information on what laptops would >be FreeBSD friendly. I have read the suggestions, searched the web for >more details, and performed extensive price comparisons. Now that I have >selected the new laptop I will buy, I find myself wondering which version >of FreeBSD should I install. Which would be wiser to install on a fresh >system, 3.1 (3.0?) stable, or the PAO 2.2.8? I notice that there is no >PAO install disk for 3.x, and I certainly want to install the right >version since I have a clean slate to start from. Thanks again for all >the emails everyone sent. It is very gratifying to have recieved such >kindly assistance in my moment of crisis. If you are brave enough I'd suggest go for 4.0-current, but if you use for a production env. I strongly suggest 3.1-stable. I have no problem at all at running FreeBSD 4.0-current on my Libretto 50ct and Ast, but I am using them for fun ... if a day there is a problem is not a critical iussue. 2.2.x-stable branch is out of discussion... Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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