Question: the stable edition of Freebsd

2008-11-03 Thread Alex Zhang
Dear Support: I'm a newcomer and want to install FreeBSD for study. Could you pls let me know which the stable edition of FreeBSD now? And let me know how to subscribe the QA list that I prefer. Thanks in advance. BR Alex ___

Re: Question: the stable edition of Freebsd

2008-11-03 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:01:21 +0800 Alex Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a newcomer and want to install FreeBSD for study. Could you pls let me know which the stable edition of FreeBSD now? http://www.freebsd.org/ http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html And let me know how to

RE: Question: the stable edition of Freebsd

2008-11-03 Thread Johan Hendriks
Dear Support: I'm a newcomer and want to install FreeBSD for study. Could you pls let me know which the stable edition of FreeBSD now? And let me know how to subscribe the QA list that I prefer. Thanks in advance. BR Alex The latest stable version is a release like 7.0 or 6.3 Both are at

Re: Question: the stable edition of Freebsd

2008-11-03 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 10:01:21PM +0800, Alex Zhang wrote: Dear Support: I'm a newcomer and want to install FreeBSD for study. Could you pls let me know which the stable edition of FreeBSD now? And let me know how to subscribe the QA list that I prefer. Thanks in advance. All of

Re: Question: the stable edition of Freebsd

2008-11-03 Thread Steven Susbauer
Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 10:01:21PM +0800, Alex Zhang wrote: Dear Support: I'm a newcomer and want to install FreeBSD for study. Could you pls let me know which the stable edition of FreeBSD now? And let me know how to subscribe the QA list that I prefer. Thanks in

Re: Question: the stable edition of Freebsd

2008-11-03 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:53:52 -0600, Steven Susbauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If using a release, can he not use freebsd-update to keep current on fixes rather than rebuilding everything? On a slow system, the more binary the better. Of course he can, I mean, that's what freebsd-update is

Re: Question: the stable edition of Freebsd

2008-11-03 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:53:52PM -0600, Steven Susbauer wrote: Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 10:01:21PM +0800, Alex Zhang wrote: Dear Support: I'm a newcomer and want to install FreeBSD for study. Could you pls let me know which the stable edition of FreeBSD now?