Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:19:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Mikel King <mikel.king@olivent.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: best FBSD version for commercial use. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910091514350.29548@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20091009214032.2cecf345.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <SNT103-W3577DB3B33999A004C409D9ACB0@phx.gbl> <13EB5F63-E8D2-47EA-8E56-F052B697EBB8@olivent.com> <20091009214032.2cecf345.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King <mikel.king@olivent.com> wrote: >> Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or >> two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and >> rebuild the world to the current version of 8.x at the time. > > So you would not recommend 8 (as RC1 at the state of the moment) > for commercial use. Regarding your explaination, I do understand > this. It's often mentioned that x.0 releases aren't "that good". > > But allow me a follow-up question: Is 8.0-RC1 already recommendable > for a home desktop, or would 7.2 be the version of choice? I'm > asking this because of the many improvements especially the USB > subsystem has gotten in 8 which would be important for the "plug > and play experience" for USB devices... 8.0 also has the ability to run www/linux-f10-flashplugin10. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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