Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:41:20 +0100 From: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any reason to prefer 11.1 over 10.3 ? Message-ID: <db99d622-2e1f-f8ba-3267-895c32abaeb2@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB1200E48789933A9BCAAAECD4F6800@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB1200E48789933A9BCAAAECD4F6800@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On 18/08/2017 08:35, Manish Jain wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to have to install FreeBSD again on a box on which 10.3R > works well. Is there any reason I should prefer 11.1R ? > To state the obvious, it depends if any of the new features are useful. I didn't like 10.x so stuck with 9.4 for a long time. The main things I like about 11.1 are the improved ZFS, including zfsd (a bit love-hate with that), compressed ARC, lz4. As Shane pointed out, virtualisation has improved and you can run Xen Dom0. These are both a big plus for me, but I do weird stuff in my spare time. Regards, Frank.
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