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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:06:52 +0100 (CET)
From:      Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
To:        HERBELOT Thierry <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr>
Cc:        Guitargod <leon1@gte.net>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: which release is better?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990225110501.11789B-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
In-Reply-To: <36D5174F.B52829E@telspace.alcatel.fr>

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On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, HERBELOT Thierry wrote:

> 3.1-Release is out and is now the official -Stable branch
>=20
> =09TfH
>=20
> Konrad Heuer wrote:
> >=20
> > On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Guitargod wrote:
> >=20
> > > hello! I just want to know which of these two are better: freebsd 2.2=
=2E8
> > > or 3.0.  Those are the 2 choices because that's the only 2 releases
> > > available at the bookstore close to our house.
> >=20
> > 2.2.8-RELEASE is a very good release. It is very very stable and will g=
ive
> > you access to many precompiled up-to-date software packages. If you don=
't
> > kneed the newest drivers only available in 3.x-RELEASE, it may be a goo=
d
> > choice. One small disadvantage is that the support for the a.out binary
> > format used before 3.x-RELEASE will decrease within the ports collectio=
n
> > (if you want to compile software from the ports collection by yourself =
in
> > the future).
> >=20
> > 3.0-RELEASE gives you access to some new drivers (e.g. Adaptec 7880 SCS=
I
> > on-board controller) and uses the ELF binary format. It is a more
> > experimental release; and not all the precompiled packages and ports of
> > 2.2.8-R are available in 3.0-RELEASE.

You're right, no doubt, but the question dealt with 2.2.8-R and 3.0-R
because of a special cirumstance.

Regards

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