From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 30 21:13:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26A2416A4CE; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:13:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao06.cox.net (lakemtao06.cox.net [68.1.17.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7DC143FDD; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:13:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kitsune@gmx.co.uk) Received: from fortytwo ([68.109.49.234]) by lakemtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with SMTP id <20031031051330.PKIG10862.lakemtao06.cox.net@fortytwo>; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:13:30 -0500 Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:12:18 -0600 From: kitsune To: ".VWV." Message-Id: <20031030231218.37dc9c55.kitsune@gmx.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <000f01c39e88$9e3f8650$85fc2dd5@workstation> References: <000f01c39e88$9e3f8650$85fc2dd5@workstation> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stop upgrade - keep your mind safe X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:13:34 -0000 On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 02:53:29 +0100 ".VWV." wrote: > > Hello to all. > > Are you sure you really need continuous upgrading your operating system, > until the end of your life? More features and the occasional speed boost :) I noticed a nice bit of a performance dif between 4.4 and 4.7. I found the extra features, stability, and ect to be nice. A little after that I upgraded hardware, older hardware started having very limited expandability, and started tracking stable and have absolutly loved it. I have really noticed a big dif with some of the changes that have been made since 4.7. > I'm happy running an 'obsolete' 4.6.2, nobody will move me from it. > Upgrading makes happy only the hardware vendors. I have found upgrade hardware makes me happy too :) I personally would love to have a box with a few gigs of ram to use as a cache. More HDD space is all ways useful to me. Yeah, cd/dvd works for back up, but it is annoying for easy to access archival purposes. Better networking is nice to. I personally want move parts of my system to a mesh topology using firewire400.