From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 22 20:01:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 161A016A41F for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:01:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3383943D62 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:00:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF3462C8FA; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:00:58 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39970-06; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:00:58 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 326A962C8F4; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:00:58 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E267347520; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:00:58 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E18AE46E11; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:00:58 -0400 (AST) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:00:58 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Erik Norgaard In-Reply-To: <4421119C.1050002@locolomo.org> Message-ID: <20060322160052.E1178@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060322050432.7801.qmail@web54512.mail.yahoo.com> <4421119C.1050002@locolomo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org Cc: rakhesh@rakhesh.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1-BETA 4 stable for normal use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:01:02 -0000 On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > >> I'd like to try out FreeBSD and was wondering whether >> I should start with 6.1-BETA4 or 6.0? Its just for >> home use anyways, more as a way to fool around with >> FreeBSD a bit, so was wondering if 6.1-BETA4 would >> suffice for the purpose ... is it stable enough or >> would it give me issues? > > I am using 6.1-PRERELEASE which has actually been upgraded from 6.1-BETA3. > The system as such is stable, but there are some nuisances. > These are not fatal in any way but may cause confusion. So in particular if > you're new to FreeBSD, better stay with 6.0. Like ... ? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664