Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 04:34:55 -0000 From: Bryan Cassidy <b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.8 v/s 5.1 Message-ID: <20030929233751.1dec6816.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <200309291836.h8TIa3328644@anon.securenym.net> References: <20030929025157.5d005b32.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> <200309291836.h8TIa3328644@anon.securenym.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Two more questions. 4.8-RELEASE or 4.8_STABLE? I lost my 4.8-stable cd and need to burn another one. What is the easiest way to burn an iso file from freebsd? On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:34:38 -0400 "C. Ulrich" <dincht@securenym.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 03:51, Bryan Cassidy wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I was just wondering what people on the list thought. I don't want > > to know any details on which is better or whatever just in general > > which is better for whatever reasons people use it. > > Short answer: use 4.8 for anything remotely critical such as a > firewall, web server, etc, especially if it's going to talk to the > outside world and/or uptime is important. That's why they call it > 4.8-STABLE. For learning purposes or a personal system that you don't > mind tinkering with every now and again, you might as well go with > 5.1. For what it's worth, most releases that aren't necessarily > -STABLE are plenty stable enough for normal use. They just aren't > officially supported by the FreeBSD team if you run into a snag. See > the handbook and/or FAQ for more info. > > C. Ulrich > -- > http://bityard.net > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/eQifKjx9X0nK5vwRAkpPAKCNPpuZHehVLxfsnNDfH1pD1pS1kwCePpK2 02UJPIOIm4hgtkzQRCA6tWs= =ilRe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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