Why don't you try it by yourself what's appropriate for you? I started with stable because I was scared from other systems that current is something worse and less stable then stable version (even stable version of those systems is something to be scared about). Now I'm using for about two years or more just current because I discovered that developers of OpenBSD really know what they are doing and they are doing it unbelievable perfect. Which is very different when comparing with other systems. No panics during this time, lose of data or similar problems. Just two times during this period I wasn't able to install some package because it needed newer snapshots. So binary upgrade and then voila package installed (this problem which you can have sometimes is described in FAQ). All others weren't problem of OpenBSD, but problem between keyboard and chair.
Theo and others aren't idiots. They know what to do and how to do that. And because they don't care so much about number of users they can focus on quality instead of whining people. Other projects try to find as much users as possible or do ugly hacks or try to be nice on users, but trust me or not it just lead to crap. Yes, Theo can say to you that you rape children or something similar if you say something really stupid (:-D), but anyone can do mistake. The difference is if you can learn from it or not. If not then you will have problems all the time. What's worst for me? That I can't find similar OS project which focuses on quality. Looks like most of the people is content with crap. And not only in IT area. This is a real problem. Not stable and/or current decision. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:12 PM, nixlists <nixmli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:28 PM, B <and...@msu.edu> wrote: >> If you don't have a good understanding of things, I'd say you should > > By good understanding do you mean ability to read and write system > code, and intimate familiarity with *nix internals? > > ... > >> not follow -current on machines that are critical to you. B I do use > -current > > ... > > It seems the opinion on running current in production ranges from > being overly optimistic to being very cautious. If running -current in > production is only recommended for people who are intimately familiar > with the internals, doesn't that exclude many if not most users? > > ... > >> You can learn tons from watching -current. B I have. B But till you have >> experience with it, don't make it your main system. > > So more suitable for learning and playing with the latest stuff, but > less suitable for running production stuff at this point? I just feel > like someone is going to yell "curmudgeon" again. > > Thanks. > > -- http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html
