From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 30 10:56:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9728C16A4CE for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:56:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-m21.mx.aol.com (imo-m21.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FBF943D1F for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:56:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from AlbrtNew@aol.com) Received: from AlbrtNew@aol.com by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r2.6.) id n.82.f930a61 (4184) for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:56:01 -0400 (EDT) From: AlbrtNew@aol.com Message-ID: <82.f930a61.2e13f641@aol.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:56:01 EDT To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 10502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Choice of Version X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:56:16 -0000 I have two versions of Freebsd available - ' FreeBSD v 5.2 ' [which I got with my copy of ' FreeBSD Handbook' ] and FreeBSD v 4.7, [which I was given - It is a ' Linux Emporium ' copy ]. I am just about to embark on my FreeBSD ' experience ' * and would very much appreciate any advice as to which version to start off with. * for what it's worth, I am, perhaps, a little pressed for time since I shan't see my 80th Birthday again - at least not until it comes round again. cheers a[albert] j n