rookie question about PACKAGESITE
Hello all, I started using FreeBSD about a week ago, and I really like the system. Have been using Linux for the last few years. One noob question though, according to the Handbook on Packages and Ports, I can use packages for either RELEASE, STABLE, or CURRENT. How exactly would this compare to Linux? Is it that CURRENT is like Fedora(bleeding-edge and somewhat unstable), and STABLE is like RedHat Enterprise Linux (older versions of software, but very stable)? Which one should I use? I am currently using RELEASE. I am not looking for bleeding edge. I'm after stability. Kind regards, Coert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: rookie question about PACKAGESITE
Hey hey Coert Nice to see another GLUG member on here. The link below will answer you're question. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html In general give the FreeBSD Handbook a read, in my concerted little opinion it is the gold standard in how any operating system should be documented. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Coert lgro...@waagmeester.co.za wrote: Hello all, I started using FreeBSD about a week ago, and I really like the system. Have been using Linux for the last few years. One noob question though, according to the Handbook on Packages and Ports, I can use packages for either RELEASE, STABLE, or CURRENT. How exactly would this compare to Linux? Is it that CURRENT is like Fedora(bleeding-edge and somewhat unstable), and STABLE is like RedHat Enterprise Linux (older versions of software, but very stable)? Which one should I use? I am currently using RELEASE. I am not looking for bleeding edge. I'm after stability. Kind regards, Coert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: rookie question about PACKAGESITE
On Tue, 11 May 2010 13:42:52 +0200 Coert lgro...@waagmeester.co.za wrote: Hello all, I started using FreeBSD about a week ago, and I really like the system. Have been using Linux for the last few years. One noob question though, according to the Handbook on Packages and Ports, I can use packages for either RELEASE, STABLE, or CURRENT. Current is bleeding edge, STABLE branches are stable development branches, but these all relate to the base system. As far as packages are concerned, they should be be built for the base system version you are using - you can mostly get away with using STABLE packages on releases, but it can cause problems. If you want to keep to keep packages up-to-date between releases, update via ports. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
