* Michael Neumann <mneumann / ntecs.de> [0721 16:21]:
> David Ross wrote:
> >>The imho coolest thing of FreeBSD ist the strict
> >>separation between base
> >>system and Ports. I'm using 4.10 stable - let's say
> >>that's somehow like
> >
> >
> >Ok, this seems pretty outdated to me. FreeBSD 5.2.1 is
> >out, and is very stable.
> 
> I don't feel that's even as near as stable as 4.10. If you want 4.10++, 
> then try DragonFly (www.dragonflybsd.org).

<aol>
me too
</aol>

5.2.1 *isn't* classed as stable - it might work but if it goes bang you
have only yourself to blame. It was released because they wanted to get som
of 5 out of the door (I'm using it because my brothers a committer and 
he happened to give me a cd set when I was building my last box, and at 
that point NetBSD firewire and usb2 was too shaky to use).

5.3 will be officially stable - if you want a production box use 4.10 for
now and wait for 5.3.

DragonFly is run by Matt Dillon, who knows his shit. He was responsible for
some *major* revamps of freebsd4, so if he's doing a new OS, it's worth
keeping an eye on. If 1.0 had been out when I needed an OS, I'd be running
it now....

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