Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:40:36 -0700 (PDT) From: dpk <dpk@dpk.net> To: Carstea Catalin <carstea.catalin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stable server Message-ID: <20050816153816.F18668@shared10.hosting.flyingcroc.net> In-Reply-To: <20050816122552.V18668@shared10.hosting.flyingcroc.net> References: <dc6701ba05081611464458cf4a@mail.gmail.com> <20050816122552.V18668@shared10.hosting.flyingcroc.net>
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, dpk wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Carstea Catalin wrote: > > > what version of freebsd do u recomand for a stable server? > > 4.11 is solid, hasn't shown any problems here. 5.4 is the best of the 5.x > series but we (I mean at my company, not speaking as a FreeBSD rep) > haven't put it through as much stress as we have 4.11 . I forgot to mention the other reason I recommend 4.11 first: http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html 4.11-R is scheduled to receive security updates 8 months longer than 5.4-R, which may be relevant if you want to stick with a specific version for a while.
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