Hi After using FreeBSD for a month on a server, I thought of moving my desktop from debian unstable to freebsd (I've been using linux as my desktop for 7 years now, and it's time for a change... :) ). I'm wondering about what version to use. on debian it's very common to use unstable for the desktop (if you know that sometimes a package breaks) and it's very rare that the whole system breaks (I never seen that in the 2 years I'm using it). what's the status on freebsd? can I use CURRENT for my desktop without being afraid that it won't boot after an upgrade? the reason I want CURRENT is mostly hardware support (e.g. I have a SB!Live and I read that STABLE doesn't support it). thanx -- Haim
On Thursday 15 July 2004 11:45, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:> Hi > > After using FreeBSD for a month on a server, I thought of moving my > desktop from debian unstable to freebsd (I've been using linux as my > desktop for 7 years now, and it's time for a change... :) ). I'm wondering > about what version to use. on debian it's very common to use unstable for > the desktop (if you know that sometimes a package breaks) and it's very > rare that the whole system breaks (I never seen that in the 2 years I'm > using it). what's the status on freebsd? can I use CURRENT for my desktop > without being afraid that it won't boot after an upgrade?Well, there's always a chance that when you cvsup the latest sources and make world that things won't work because something wasn't not quite right in the sources right at the time when you did your cvsup. Chances of that happening are, of course, quite a bit higher for -CURRENT than for -STABLE. Generally, depending on what hardware you have in your machine and such, -CURRENT (or a release from the 5.x branch) should be well suitable for day to day use. There might be still some issues with it, but it's always worked fine for me on whatever machine I put it (though I must admit that my day-to-day desktop machine actually still runs 4-STABLE).> the reason I > want CURRENT is mostly hardware support (e.g. I have a SB!Live and I read > that STABLE doesn't support it).Really? I don't have one of those, but the hardware notes for 4.10 as can be found on the website deem to suggest that SB!Live's are supported under 4.x. Greetings, Nils -- eMail: nils@tisys.org Mobile / SMS: ++49-176-26179892 Website: http://www.tisys.org
Hi, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:> Hi > > After using FreeBSD for a month on a server, I thought of moving my > desktop from debian unstable to freebsd (I've been using linux as my > desktop for 7 years now, and it's time for a change... :) ). I'm wonderingnice idea... moving from debian to FreeBSD ;)> about what version to use. on debian it's very common to use unstable for > the desktop (if you know that sometimes a package breaks) and it's very > rare that the whole system breaks (I never seen that in the 2 years I'mWell, actually the System (base) shouldn't break because of third-party programs. However, XFree86 is causing trouble sometimes. Usually this has something todo with your graphics card ...> using it). what's the status on freebsd? can I use CURRENT for my desktop > without being afraid that it won't boot after an upgrade? the reason I > want CURRENT is mostly hardware support (e.g. I have a SB!Live and I read > that STABLE doesn't support it). >Well, you have to be aware when using CURRENT, that you are at the bleeding edge. When using CURRENT, I'd suggest give it a try with 5.2.1-RELEASE. I wouldn't 'make world' to the latest -CURRENT ... On my Desktop 5.2.1-RELEASE is running stable for quite a while. I had no issues at all. Give it a Try, but keep in mind, it's still -CURRENT, meaning, under development and it may crash. HTH, Marian
On Thursday 15 July 2004 09:45, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:> Hi > > After using FreeBSD for a month on a server, I thought of moving my > desktop from debian unstable to freebsd (I've been using linux as my > desktop for 7 years now, and it's time for a change... :) ). I'm wondering > about what version to use. on debian it's very common to use unstable for > the desktop (if you know that sometimes a package breaks) and it's very > rare that the whole system breaks (I never seen that in the 2 years I'm > using it). what's the status on freebsd? can I use CURRENT for my desktop > without being afraid that it won't boot after an upgrade? the reason I > want CURRENT is mostly hardware support (e.g. I have a SB!Live and I read > that STABLE doesn't support it).That's a nice move. I've been using FreeBSD-5.2.1 (tracking -STABLE) for few months now and I must to say that it runs very stable on my AMD Athlon XP 2400+/Nvidia workstation.> > thanxregards, M.