RE: [ossig] FreeBSD status report - headsup for migrators...installfest2003

["Tejinder Singh" <Tejinder@apiit.edu.my>]

Hi, 

anybody doing a freeBSD install at the installfest2003? How about openBSD?

Regards,


Ir. Tejinder Singh
Email:- tejinder@apiit.edu.my


-----Original Message-----
From: Mukhsein Johari [mailto:mukhsein@email.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:20 PM
To: OSSIG-General
Subject: [ossig] FreeBSD status report - headsup for migrators...



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Another busy two months have passed in the FreeBSD project. With 5.0 released, attention is focusing on making it faster via more fine-grained locking, adding more high-end features like large memory (PAE) support for i386, and further progress on many other projects. FreeBSD 5.1 is expected to ship in late May or early June, with 5.2 following at the end of summer. A roadmap for the push to 5-STABLE is available at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/5-roadmap. Although the 5.x series isn't expected to fully stabilize until the 5.2 release, 5.1 promises to be an exciting release and a significant improvement over 5.0 in terms of speed and stability.

Not to be forgotten, FreeBSD 4.8, the latest in the 4-STABLE series, is nearing release. Lots of last minute work is going into to it to deliver features like XFree86 4.3.0, Intel HyperThreading(tm) support, and of course many more bug fixes. Don't forget to support the FreeBSD vendors and developers by buying a copy of the CD set when it comes out!.

Thanks,

Scott Long, Robert Watson
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Full report at:
http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-jan-2003-feb-2003.html

It seems that 4.8 will be _the_ STABLE for some time, at least until 5.2+ is released. 4.8 or 4.9 would last in the 4.x series? Since experiencing problems with incompatible libs and so on in 5.0, I see myself going 5.x only at the end of the year, so sticking with 4.x for now. 

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FreeBSD makes me feel..."safe". Somehow. I don't just mean in terms of security, but also stability and general long term utility of investment. Anyone else feels that way?
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Regards,
Mukhsein Johari

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