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FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE images are available

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Re: FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE images are available

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Post by benjohnson »

mziulu wrote: post #11
microtonal wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which VPS provider do you use for FreeBSD. Does anyone have recommendations?

I use hetzner, I don't have a lot of necessities right now (I use it as git repo and as firefox sync server), but I'm very happy with it.

Seconded on Hetzner - they have a really nice ZFS on root install system.

Re: FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE images are available

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Post by emaste »

blutgens wrote: post #22

I'd love to see a LIVE usb stick of this. I'm not really willing to nuke my file systems on my personal laptop only to find out after install that video or wireless card doesn't work right.

You can use the memstick image to boot and check hardware without installing.

Re: FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE images are available

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Post by illbert »

mziulu wrote: post #11
microtonal wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which VPS provider do you use for FreeBSD. Does anyone have recommendations?

I use hetzner, I don't have a lot of necessities right now (I use it as git repo and as firefox sync server), but I'm very happy with it.

How did you set up the FF sync server? I just did a quick search and I think the instructions I've found were mostly outdated. Do you have a link or a name for the port?

I also enjoyed hetzner for a while and if I'd want a ZFS install I'd probably go with them as it's definitely very nice how they do it. But as I've just previously commented I found a slightly better price for my minimum needs with vultr.com (5$/per month) and ZFS is not important to me on this box.

Re: FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE images are available

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Post by farawayea »

tiffanyh wrote: post #14

I really love FreeBSD but having 3 different PRODUCTION branches is getting insane (10.3, 9.3, 8.4). I only run RELEASE. When I run into production issues, the developers say they have fixed my issue in CURRENT but never release a point update to RELEASE ... means forces me to have to wait until the next MAJOR release for it to be fixed. Feels like FreeBSD, even though I love all it does, is becoming more and more ju…

FreeBSD's approach to releases is stupid. Releases like 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 9.3.1 and 8.4.1 should be done.

Only big vendors have the resources to maintain their own patched systems they can use in production.

Re: FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE images are available

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Post by mziulu »

illbert wrote: post #25
mziulu wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use hetzner, I don't have a lot of necessities right now (I use it as git repo and as firefox sync server), but I'm very happy with it.

How did you set up the FF sync server? I just did a quick search and I think the instructions I've found were mostly outdated. Do you have a link or a name for the port? I also enjoyed hetzner for a while and if I'd want a ZFS install I'd probably go with them as it's definitely very nice how they do it. But as I've just previously commented I found a slightly better price for my minimum needs with vultr.com (5$/per…

I've used the official instructions here: https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html I've not used the ports DB for this, I've simply cloned the source on /var/www and went from there.
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