Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:41:58 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "Joseph Vella" <satyam@sklinks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? Message-ID: <d7195cff0603281241hf5965e0xce773a6147175699@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com>
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On 3/28/06, Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com> wrote: > I notice a lot of references to version 4.x. Is there any overwhelming r= eason > why its use seems to be still popular. I'm wanting to set up a server (j= ust > 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? Because the headache of upgrading isn't worth the advantages in many cases. If you're installing from scratch, go with 6.x, if you already a functional (and security patched!) 4.x server have (and needn't ye any of the features of 6.x) no need there is upgrading to do. -- --
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