Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 04:40:46 +0000 From: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jon Holstrom <jon@web-tricks.net> Subject: Re: freeBSD 5.5 Prerelease ( 5.4 stable ) Message-ID: <3aaaa3a0602082040l4917c5cfo@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060207014535.GA10328@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <43E7EDA2.7070807@rogers.com> <001201c62b84$4d591900$fac8a8c0@dragon> <20060207014535.GA10328@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On 07/02/06, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 05:17:45PM -0800, Jon Holstrom wrote: > > i cvsuped for 5.4 stable a few days ago. > > server gave me 5.5 prerelease > > Right, because they're the same. > > > works good, > > > > gnome2-2.12 ( had to pkg_deinstall -r deinstall gnome 2.10) > > Xorg 6.9.0 > > > > just slow as can be > > This is unlikely since changing the name of the release doesn't > magically make it slower, but if you really think so, then again, > please explain. > > Kris > > > Saying 6 is preferable in every way is a sweeping statement, their are numerous reasons why people may not want to jump to 6.0 just yet, I for instance have found some issues in 6.0 which stop it working so well with m= y hardware possibly due to the i386 code removal I dont know but that is what might be it, and I use some software which isnt yet to be compatible with 6.x. Hopefully all my problems will be resolved when 6.1 is released. Chris
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