freeBSD 5.5 Prerelease ( 5.4 stable )

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 04:40:46AM +0000, Chris wrote:
> On 07/02/06, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 05:17:45PM -0800, Jon Holstrom wrote:
> > > i cvsuped for 5.4 stable a few days ago.
> > > server gave me 5.5 prerelease
> >
> > Right, because they're the same.
> >
> > > works good,
> > >
> > > gnome2-2.12 ( had to pkg_deinstall -r deinstall gnome 2.10)
> > > Xorg 6.9.0
> > >
> > > just slow as can be
> >
> > This is unlikely since changing the name of the release doesn't
> > magically make it slower, but if you really think so, then again,
> > please explain.
> >
> > Kris
> >
> >
> >
> Saying 6 is preferable in every way is a sweeping statement, their are

Note that I didn't say that.

> numerous reasons why people may not want to jump to 6.0 just yet, I for
> instance have found some issues in 6.0 which stop it working so well with my
> hardware possibly due to the i386 code removal I dont know but that is what
> might be it, and I use some software which isnt yet to be compatible with
> 6.x.  Hopefully all my problems will be resolved when 6.1 is released.

Your issues probably won't be fixed if you don't report them, though.

Kris
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