Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-12 Thread krad
2009/10/12 Nerius Landys > > Selected releases (normally every second release plus the last release > from > > each -STABLE branch) will be supported by the Security Officer for a > minimum > > of 24 months after the release, and for sufficient additional time (if > > needed) to ensure that there

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-12 Thread Nerius Landys
> Selected releases (normally every second release plus the last release from > each -STABLE branch) will be supported by the Security Officer for a minimum > of 24 months after the release, and for sufficient additional time (if > needed) to ensure that there is a newer Extended release for at lea

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-11 Thread Daniel Gerzo
Nerius Landys wrote: My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 according to the freebsd.org website. That is, security fixes will be rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life. That made me decide to go with 7.1 when I had to make the switch from 7.0 a fe

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-11 Thread krad
2009/10/10 Jerry > On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:06:39 -0400 > jhell wrote: > > [snip] > > > I will agree with that. And raise that its not a good idea to be part > > of the early adopter club for commercial use. > > Somebody has got to go first. As so aptly stated by Robert Crandell, > chairman of Ame

RE: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Marwan Sultan
> From: keram...@ceid.upatras.gr > To: ross.came...@linuxpro.co.za > CC: dead_l...@hotmail.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: best FBSD version for commercial use. > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:41:26 +0300 > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:08:42 +0200, Ross Came

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:08:42 +0200, Ross Cameron wrote: >On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote: >> Hello Gurus, >> Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a >> charm for many years. >> >> But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 >> >> This server will be a

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:40:32 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > But allow me a follow-up question: Is 8.0-RC1 already recommendable > for a home desktop, or would 7.2 be the version of choice? I'm asking > this because of the many improvements especially the USB subsystem has > gotten in 8 which would be i

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Nerius Landys
>> My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 >> according to the freebsd.org website.  That is, security fixes will be >> rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life.  That made >> me decide to go with 7.1 when I had to make the switch from 7.0 a few >> months

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 07:44:04PM -0700, Nerius Landys wrote: > My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 > according to the freebsd.org website. That is, security fixes will be > rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life. That made > me decide to go wit

RE: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Marwan Sultan
m > CC: b...@izb.knu.ac.kr; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; dead_l...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: best FBSD version for commercial use. > > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:46, kraduk@ wrote: > > 2009/10/10 ?? > > > >> Marwan Sultan wrote: > >> > >>> > &

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:06:39 -0400 jhell wrote: [snip] > I will agree with that. And raise that its not a good idea to be part > of the early adopter club for commercial use. Somebody has got to go first. As so aptly stated by Robert Crandell, chairman of American Airlines in the late 1990's, "

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread jhell
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:46, kraduk@ wrote: 2009/10/10 ?? Marwan Sultan wrote: Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. I

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread krad
2009/10/10 牛粥 > Marwan Sultan wrote: > >> >> Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm >> for many years. >> But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 >> This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. >> > > IMHO, i think that you shou

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Nerius Landys
My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 according to the freebsd.org website. That is, security fixes will be rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life. That made me decide to go with 7.1 when I had to make the switch from 7.0 a few months ago. 8.0 was

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread 牛粥
Marwan Sultan wrote: Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. IMHO, i think that you should wait until 8.0-R out. Sincere

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread krad
2009/10/9 Mikel King > > On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King >> wrote: >> >>> Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or >>> two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and >>> rebuild the w

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Mikel King
On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King wrote: Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and rebuild the world to the current version of 8.x at the ti

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/10/9 Polytropon : > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King wrote: >> Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or >> two solid releases. Then  you should be able to perform a csup and >> rebuild the world to the current version of 8.x at the time. > > So you wou

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King wrote: Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and rebuild the world to the current version of 8.x at the time. So y

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Ross Cameron
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote: > > Hello Gurus, > > > > Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm > for many years. > > But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 > > This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql. >

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread jhell
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:28 -, dead_line@ wrote: Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. anything i s

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King wrote: > Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or > two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and > rebuild the world to the current version of 8.x at the time. So you would not recommend 8 (as RC1

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Mikel King
On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote: Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. anythin

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote: > > Hello Gurus, > > > > Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm > for many years. > > But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 > > This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql..

best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Marwan Sultan
Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. anything i should be aware of? Advices? Thank yo