Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:58:29 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Simon Gao <gao@schrodinger.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20061017135829.GA56234@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <4533C553.3040609@schrodinger.com> References: <af8b40ce0610151526h6aba1785mb77eb2a76e69fdfa@mail.gmail.com> <80f4f2b20610151556l18c5adcci4196ab107b6b9907@mail.gmail.com> <4533C553.3040609@schrodinger.com>
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On 2006-10-16 10:45, Simon Gao <gao@schrodinger.com> wrote: > I have a few FreeBSD machine from 4.x to 5.x. I have asked people how to > upgrade them to latest version 6.x cleanly. > > All I was told is that I need to wipe them out and reinstall. However, > this is not the case with Gentoo Linux. With Gentoo, version release does > not matter that much, you can always keep your system up to date if you > like. 'Clean' upgrades can be done with FreeBSD too. I have installed machines with 4.7-RELEASE and then upgraded them to 5.X, 6.X and finally 7.0-CURRENT a few times. It's not easier (or faster) than a straight installation of a 7.0-CURRENT snapshot from `ftp.FreeBSD.org', but it's certainly possible. > Linux supports more devices than FreeBSD, especially new devices. This is probably true.
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