From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 11:29:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E22916A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:29:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from twix.hotpop.com (twix.hotpop.com [204.57.55.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699A743D54 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:29:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from teilhk@phreaker.net) Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by twix.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D63CBA2913 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 19:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortunato (dsl-200-67-187-13.prod-infinitum.com.mx [200.67.187.13]) by smtp-1.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6DAE1A6E3A; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:12:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <004801c3d437$3d239de0$230110ac@fortunato> From: "Teilhard Knight" To: "FreeBSD" , "Eric F Crist" References: <003a01c3d416$b1462880$230110ac@fortunato> <200401052357.19781.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 03:26:56 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: What should I install? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:29:46 -0000 > On Monday 05 January 2004 11:34 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I have running FreeBSD 4.7 in one computer and version 5.0 "was not for > > newbies". I see now, version 4.9 is out, but version 5.1 is too. In the > > official FreeBSD web page, they recommend to install 5.1. > > > > Now, I haven't grown up from the newbie category, so the question is: > > Should I install 5.2 or 4.9, perhaps 4.8, in another computer? > > > > Teilhard Knight > > The Extraterrestrial > > > > Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox > > I would recommend you download and install 5.1 if you can. The upgrade from > 4.x to 5.x is nearly impossible and you're better off doing a fresh install. > I've been using 5.x for quite a while now, even on a production web server > with little problems. There's also better hardware support. Expect to see a > few bugs, but they're getting taken care of pretty quickly. Thanks a lot. A few months ago, in the times of 4.7, everybody was against newbies to install 5.0. I see you guys have tested and approved version 5.x. I'll start downloading 5.1 right away. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox