From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 28 21:40:13 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 89AC416A400 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:40:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DE7E43D55 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:39:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C0431A3C1D; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:39:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E319251352; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:39:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:39:53 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: DAve Message-ID: <20060328213953.GA2682@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> <4429A37D.2020500@pixelhammer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4429A37D.2020500@pixelhammer.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i 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 21:40:13 -0000 --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 03:58:37PM -0500, DAve wrote: > Joseph Vella wrote: > >I notice a lot of references to version 4.x. Is there any overwhelming= =20 > >reason why its use seems to be still popular. I'm wanting to set up a= =20 > >server (just for play) on my home network using a PII machine. Am I=20 > >better off using an older version for such old equipment? If so, do any= =20 > >particular versions stand out? >=20 > If I had my choice I would use 4.10 instead of 5.X. No real bias against= =20 > the changes or decisions made in 5.X, and I don't want to start an=20 > argument. But my 4.x servers just run, and run, and run. I've never had= =20 > to ask a question or had any issues when patching or installing=20 > software/hardware on my 4.X servers. 4.X just seems more stable and more= =20 > mature to me, which is what attracted me to FreeBSD 7 odd years ago. >=20 > If you want to *learn* FreeBSD I would recommend 4.X as there is lots of= =20 > information, forum data, HowTo, example information already out there. Except that over the next year all support for 4.x will be terminated (and in practise 4.x is already largely unsupported), so you'll be basically on your own with a lot of stuff. Really you want to use 6.0 or 6.1 on any new system, simply because that's the modern, supported version of FreeBSD. Kris --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEKa0pWry0BWjoQKURAjfaAJ9AmWJRMb9QCLZpbQ1HoLRBamObRgCfRuIy FGz/I7HDEpgenpGbZth0CK8= =KsGD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP--