Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:49:45 -0300 From: "Ari Arantes Filho" <ari@doctordata.com.br> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Release Version Message-ID: <05a901bfeddd$6ced2760$0201a8c0@doctordata.com.br> References: <200007142122.e6ELMrU17329@ptavv.es.net>
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Thanks for the answer. I'm a new user in FreeBSD, I'm using RedHat 6.2 and want to try FreeBSD, which version do you suggest? Best regards, Ari ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> To: Ari Arantes Filho <ari@doctordata.com.br> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 6:22 PM Subject: Re: Release Version > > From: "Ari Arantes Filho" <ari@doctordata.com.br> > > Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:16:31 -0300 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Hi All, > > > > Sorry about the simple question: Why the 3.5 release is newer then 4.0, > > what's the difference between then, and about 5.0? > > 3.5 was intended to be a final release in the 3 code base with none of > the major changes in the kernel and other places that were introduced > in 4.0. It is intended primarily for those who, for some special > reason can't/don't want to go to the 4.0 code base. > > 5.0 is "current". It is where new stuff is tried out before being moved > to the stable branch or (if not appropriate to stable) until 5.0 is > released. There is no 5.0-Release at this time nor will there be for > probably another year or so. > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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