From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 8 19:55:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F353616A41B for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:55:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1174513C4C5 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:55:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:54576 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IqDBk-0003WD-3t for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:37:20 +0100 Received: (qmail 5716 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2007 20:37:12 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 8 Nov 2007 20:37:12 +0100 Received: (qmail 2203 invoked by uid 1001); 8 Nov 2007 20:37:12 +0100 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:37:12 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Aryeh Friedman Message-ID: <20071108193712.GA2150@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Aryeh Friedman , tecnologia@expresso.com.br, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" References: <200711081455.39635.cesar@expresso.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1IqDBk-0003WD-3t. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1IqDBk-0003WD-3t 5a893b8cd17768413c9960ab2e07f058 Cc: tecnologia@expresso.com.br, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: About Freebsd 7.0 versus 6.3 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: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:55:57 -0000 On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:28:59PM -0500, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On Nov 8, 2007 11:55 AM, Expresso Digital ISP wrote: > > Hi, my name is Cesar. > > > > I'd like to know what is the diference between 7.0 and 6.3 and why create a > > newest version and after old version. See http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf for a presentation of what is new in FreeBSD 7.x > > 6.X is the last of versions meant primarilly for single processing > machines (with some after thought payed to multiprocessing). No, that was the 4.x series of releases. > > 7.X is the beginning of the versions specifically designed with > multiprocessing/cores in mind No, that was the 5.x releases. The 6.x and 7.x releases are mainly evolutionary changes from 5.x without any major redesigns being done (but plenty of minor and not-so-minor improvements.) > > Under the hood many things have been changed improved in 7.... the > offical recommendation is 6.3 is for people who can *NOT* upgrade to 7 > for whatever reason and everyone else should use 7... note as far most > people can tell there is no "easy" way to upgrade to 7 if you have 6 > installed so you should start with 7 Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x should be fairly painless (much like upgrading from 5.x to 6.x) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se