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FreeBSD 4.9 Stability Update

Posted by michael on from the solid-as-a-rock dept.

Dan writes "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team's Scott Long would like to get a new poll on the stability and readiness of 4.9. The belief is that the last of the PAE-induced instability was resolved on August 31. Is anyone still experiencing unusual crashes, corruption, etc, on a system that is running with up-to-date sources? Now is the time to speak up and get the problems resolved. Scott is also requesting help with testing. In response to this, we are adding our own poll. Please vote and add comments as appropriate to help Scott."

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  1. FIRST PROST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
    Oh wait...

  2. Re:the BSD ghetto by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    though a troll, excellent song reference. =)

  3. What happens in a story like this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think the BSD trolls, while a pain in the rear, are trying to counter a bit of the elitism present in the BSD communities. I mean, I respect the BSD flavours and their technical merits, but it's sickening when they talk about "Linux instabilities" and "much faster" etc.

    I've run Linux for five years. I've never had one single crash, one major slowdown, one big problem that couldn't have been resolved. If you compare FreeBSD with Debian or Slackware (or another rock-solid distro), there's very little difference.

    So, BSD users, play on your OSes strengths and stop trying to make out that your box is somehow more reliable or faster because it runs BSD. You have a high quality OS, but so is Linux.

  4. And posts like this one from a Linux zealot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What do you call a post like the Joe Barr 'Mindcraft' one?

    Or this post made to the net today? This Rubin character is on record as claiming 'gifts come with strings' even after being shown dictonary and IRS tax law that says 'gifts do not come with strings'

    From: Ruben I Safir ruben@mrbrklyn.com
    Both the Apple and the Sun FS offerings are worthless. In fact, Darwin is less
    than worthless.

    BSD is really bad, but it is supported and developed by idiots, and doesn't
    have enough protection
    of our Freedom, and is just abulutely unfriendly to users.

    It's going to the scrapheap of history, along with SCO.

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  5. I vote for Scott by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who do you vote for?