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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: 6.1-BETA 4 stable for normal use?
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> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:04:32PM -0800, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 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? 
> 
> Yes, it's quite stable and has many fewer bugs than 6.0.
> 
> Kris

Not only has 6.1-BETA4 been rock solid, it also (subjectively, I admit) 
feels significantly snappier than 6.0 on a frequently used but aging 
desktop box* when heavily multitasking.

* single 550 MHz CPU, two SCSI-3 drives, 512 MB RAM