Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:25:58 -0500 From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> To: navneet Upadhyay <navneet.upadhyay@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest Stable FreeBSD release and is it supported on dell 2950 Message-ID: <7F4D1F22-92F4-4F44-BC14-D51C880D7A0C@kcilink.com> In-Reply-To: <1563a4fd0801222130x1374589bv96184b442682dd6@mail.gmail.com> References: <1563a4fd0801222130x1374589bv96184b442682dd6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jan 23, 2008, at 12:30 AM, navneet Upadhyay wrote: > Hi , > I have following questions. > > 1. Which is the latest release of FreeBSD. > > > 2. When was it released? > > 3. What is the patch level? > > 4.What is the stability See http://www.freebsd.org/ for above. Short answer: 6.3 released last week. > > > 5. Which compiler to use: cc or gcc and which version . cc == gcc on freebsd. Unless your app requires a specific gcc version, just use the one the system installs for you. > > > 6. Which platform/machine which BSD supports. Is Dell 2950 ok I've only ever had one compatibility issue with a Dell, and that was easily fixed by teaching the bge ethernet driver the name of the chipset used on that particular box. I have a PE1900 here we just got and it runs 7.0-RC1 quite nicely. In general, unless you're running some obscure devices, FreeBSD works just fine with most systems.
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