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From: Ed Paquette <ed@ncia.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.7 or 2.2.1:  which is "stable" version
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 19:28:49 -0400
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Shane Muffat wrote:
> 
> I am trying to find the most stable version of FreeBSD and it seems that
> 2.1.7 is it.  However, there seems to be much talk about 2.2.1 and
> little about 2.1.7.
> 
> To make this short and sweet:
> If I were to start an ISP and web hosting business, which version should
> I use?
> 
> Shane Muffat

I usually take the latest release and take it home to play with first,
then install it at work.  Currently, I'm running 2.1.7 on a news and dns
machine at work and think I'm going to stay with it at least for a while
longer...

2.2.1 installed ok, but it did have a few problems that I can live with
at home, but not sure how well I'd sleep with 2* in my mission critical
machines at work...

Of course, you know what opinions are like. =)

--
Ed Paquette
Systems Administrator / NCIA
ed@ncia.net