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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: Upgrade blues
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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 23:59:09 GMT
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Corey Punches (yeroc@brightok.net) wrote:
: I'm currerntly running FreeBSD 2.1.5. Now that I have X working with my
: ATI Expression video card all is well. 
: I'm wondering if it is worth it to upgrade to the newest version,
: 2.2.2. Is there any good reason that I should? 
: Thanks

Memory allocation is better,I gather...check the release notes for more.

Note that 2.1.5 comes with Xfree86 3.1.2,while 2.2.2 comes with
Xfree86 3.2...the latest 2.2.-RELENG releases have Xfree86 3.3.