From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 28 21:20:59 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 9A25A16A400 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:20:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E96F643DB6 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:19:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBE3213C7DB; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:20:44 -0600 (CST) Received: by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AC38213C7C0; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:20:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A848913C404; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:20:44 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:20:44 -0600 (CST) From: Philip Hallstrom To: Joseph Vella In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> Message-ID: <20060328151623.P36607@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 21:20:59 -0000 > 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