From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 08:05:42 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 5E7CF16A401 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:05:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E38CC43D48 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:05:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 13so112839nzp for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:05:41 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=X7yXbSsha8SJP10Kvn6R3N12jp8p+oZJVrtFYlO2bNI/oz+GwhNXOYqEzC9PU/s4chbDH/76/ZlgfxD/arja0G8qwbrOtirXvjphBnbK2bQjNJFv2I+aJc3FyEuSWK+kXrozjJYmko/d99Qu4JFuEca0XmKLrK2r/E9ioJm07pY= Received: by 10.36.66.6 with SMTP id o6mr662628nza; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:05:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.154.20 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:05:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:05:41 +0200 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Joseph Vella" In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> 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: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:05:42 -0000 Joseph, > 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 (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? you have had plenty of response already. i just want to post my experience. in late 2001, i installed 4.3 on a server and a couple of workstations. i have upgraded them as time went by up to 4.11. no problems, it runs runs runs. i have been following the mailing-lists on a regular basis, and decided 5.x was not me ( sorry guys ). at the beginning of this year i upgraded my main workstation to 6.0 for the following reasons: - could not get the latest KDE to compile due to my own messing with the packages - i needed kernel threading for mythtv ( can be done with linuxthreads on 4.11 ) so far, 6.0 has been flawless for me. only thing i noticed was: gcc3.3 seems to be a lot slower than 2.95 ( i have no figures, could be my imagination ) if your machine will be for play as you suggest, go for the latest & greatest. if it fails, you could always try 4.11 later on. regards, usleep