Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:20:44 -0600 (CST) From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> To: Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? Message-ID: <20060328151623.P36607@bravo.pjkh.com> In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com>
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> I notice a lot of references to version 4.x. Is there any overwhelming reason > why its use seems to be still popular. I'm wanting to set up a server (just > for play) on my home network using a PII machine. Am I better off using an > older version for such old equipment? If so, do any particular versions > stand out? A lot changed b/n 4.x and 5.x (and 6.x). Enough that a lot of people haven't upgraded because what they have works, they know it, and upgrading might break an app/system of theirs that isn't broken. That said, I've gone from 4.x straight to 6.x with my last round of servers. Granted I was starting from scratch and I didn't mind the adjustment time (by adjustment I mean getting used to /etc/rc.d/* instead of /etc/rc.xyz*, etc.) If I were you, I'd go with 6.x. -philip
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