Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:33:05 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? Message-ID: <4429AB91.7090602@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com>
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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?
>
>
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TOP TEN REASONS PEOPLE STILL USE FREEBSD 4.11
10. "format && reinstall" sounds too much like MSFT!
9. Spinal Tap fans can't wait to hit 4.*14* ....
8. 'uname -a' substitutes for AT&T information call...
7. Procmail rules delete "announce@" headers....
6. Believed "tmr@aol.com" trolling....
5. "African users are non-migratory."++
4. "Tools, not policy."
3. Too busy coding to update.
2. It Just Works(tm).
1. Uptime, uptime, uptime, baby!
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Truth: I dunno. Some people are afraid of destabilization,
I guess, and follow the adage "if it ain't broke" ??
KDK ;-)
++ Not an ethnic or nationalist slur, catch the
"Monty Python" reference, please---especially
if you call yourself a geek....
--
They make a desert and call it peace.
-- Tacitus (55?-120?)
Appendix.
10] 5.X introduced "UFS2", and you've got to
newfs your disks to get it.
9] Ref. movie: "This is Spinal Tap" (which
I've never seen-I can't really call
myself an elder geek, then, can I?)
8] Google's faster, and free.
7] Might be interesting to know how many
admins really haven't thought about the
fact that 5.x (heck, 6? 7??) exists.
6] Not his real name, I hope. Some people
*have* had issues. This happens to everyone
running a computer, I think, and isn't *directly*
related to one's choice of OS
5] See Bruce Mah's "Migration Guide"(s).
4] Nobody's forcing them to upgrade. Compare and
contrast this with the word "Free", as in "FreeBSD"
and a certain well-known software company.
3] FreeBSD does allow you to do Real Work,
especially if you don't spend your time
running every possible update permutation.
Or, composing silly emails to the lists...
2] 1] ... self-explanatory?
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