Re: 4.9 or 5.2.1 ?

From: Bolli Pálmason (beastie_at_internet.is)
Date: 02/27/04

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    On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:21:03 +0100
    "Eelco Zwart" <eelco.zwart@planet.nl> 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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    Hello

    Well I was in the same shoes as you a week ago, I installed 5.2.1 and it was a great
    experience, everything just worked, even my raid-0 (HT370). I've done buildworld
    and installed xwindows, icewm (windowmanager), firefox (browser), sylpheed (mail),
    gaim (MSN) and eterm to name a few from ports, no problems so far.

    So if you are just going to "play-around" you should go for 5.2.1, if you have a
    mission critical machine go for 4.9.

    Bolli
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