freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Giorgos Tsiapaliokas
hello, i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i have. i mean i know that i have 8.0 but i have the stable or the unstable version??? and what is going on with the mirrors?

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 06/06/2010 1:27 μ.μ., Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > > i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. > > i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i > have. > i mean i know that i have 8.0 but i have the stable or the unstable >

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/2010 11:27:19, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > > i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. > > i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i > have. > i mean i know that i

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Reko Turja
-- From: "Matthew Seaman" Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 2:03 PM To: Subject: Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused) STABLE is a development branch: it's called 'STABLE' because it is expected to run stably. STABLE generally

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/2010 12:30:53, Reko Turja wrote: > From: "Matthew Seaman" >> STABLE is a development branch: it's called 'STABLE' because it is >> expected to run stably. STABLE generally receives continual fixes and >> updates, but these will previously h

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:27:19AM +, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > > i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. > > i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i > have. > i mean i know that i have 8.0 but i have the stab