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>>>>> "r" == Rowdy  <rowdy@netspace.net.au> writes:

     r> Question 2: Has anyone experienced any instability or problems
     r> with NetBSD 3.0 on the alpha architecture?  

Yes, I found 3.0_BETA would crash pretty fast running KDE and Gnome
programs, I assume because of some threading bug.  I should try, but
haven't:

  * 3.0 Release.  maybe it's fixed.  It's totally unfair to criticize
    the beta, but...I am still running it.

  * build pkgsrc with PREFER_NATIVE_PTHREADS=no in /etc/mk.conf to
    make it like a 1.6 system

     r> If so, would it be safer to stick with an older version, say
     r> 2.1, or perhaps 1.6.2?

I didn't try threaded programs on earlier versions.  If I just don't
run any Gnome/KDE stuff, all my other programs including apache are
not threaded, and the system stays up for months.

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