From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 28 20:58:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ADE216A400 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:58:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from ecluster4.tls.net (ecluster4.tls.net [65.196.224.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60A6C444A6 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:58:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 80899 invoked by uid 89); 28 Mar 2006 20:58:41 -0000 Received: from 204-8-12-141.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.0.102?) (ldg%tls.net@204.8.12.141) by auth-ecluster4.tls.net with SMTP; 28 Mar 2006 20:58:41 -0000 Message-ID: <4429A37D.2020500@pixelhammer.com> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:58:37 -0500 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:58:43 -0000 Joseph Vella wrote: > 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? If I had my choice I would use 4.10 instead of 5.X. No real bias against the changes or decisions made in 5.X, and I don't want to start an argument. But my 4.x servers just run, and run, and run. I've never had to ask a question or had any issues when patching or installing software/hardware on my 4.X servers. 4.X just seems more stable and more mature to me, which is what attracted me to FreeBSD 7 odd years ago. If you want to *learn* FreeBSD I would recommend 4.X as there is lots of information, forum data, HowTo, example information already out there. On the flip side, I've never needed any of the features provided by 5.X over 4.X. If I needed jails, or ACL, max performance, or bleeding edge hardware support, I am sure my opinion would be different. So my opinion is just that, my opinion. DAve -- This message was checked by forty monkeys and found to not contain any SPAM whatsoever. Your monkeys may vary