Re: 4.9 or 5.2.1 ?

From: Olivier Gautherot (ogautherot_at_freesurf.fr)
Date: 02/27/04

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    To: "Eelco Zwart" <eelco.zwart@planet.nl>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:25:57 +0100

    If you're a newbie, I would recommend 5.2.1. I use it happily. 4.9 is more for
    people who want to keep compatibility with earlier releases.

    Cheerio
            Olivier

    On Friday 27 February 2004 14:21, Eelco Zwart wrote:
    > I've read a lot (book and this lists) and now I finally going to install
    > FBSD!
    >
    > My first choice was to install 4.9 stable but after 5.2.1 was released I
    > started to doubt.. Can anyone give me a good reason why not to start with
    > 5.2.1 as a newbie ?
    >
    > It's just a 'play-around' installation ...
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