From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 19 07:59:07 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 ADDAF16A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:59:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 493C043D1D for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:59:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from p2sam@yahoo.com) Received: from p2sam-pc.rogers.com ([67.61.16.209]) by fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.comESMTP <20040219155845.EUVW322971.fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@p2sam-pc.rogers.com> for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:58:45 -0500 From: Pedro Sam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:58:54 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <4033C774.2030206@daleco.biz> <16436.4522.353718.896339@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <16436.4522.353718.896339@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402191058.54306.p2sam@yahoo.com> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at fep04-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com from [67.61.16.209] using ID at Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:58:44 -0500 Subject: Re: New 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: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:59:07 -0000 On Wednesday February 18 2004 20:30, Robert Huff wrote: > Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes: > > >Where is a good place to start? > > > > 5.2-RELEASE. Grab the floppies from ftp.freebsd.org > > and install over the 'Net. > > If this is your first installation, go with 4.9. 5.x is still > rated "early adopter"; while nothing's exactly broken, there are > more likely to be surprises lurking in wait for the inexperienced. Just wondering... if one installed 4.9, would the system be stuck with really outdated userland apps? or would CVSup be able to update the userland ports, without changing the base system? This way, one can get an update(perhaps unstable) userland, but need not fear the OS crashing... -- Q: How many existentialists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: Two. One to screw it in and one to observe how the lightbulb itself symbolizes a single incandescent beacon of subjective reality in a netherworld of endless absurdity reaching out toward a maudlin cosmos of nothingness.