Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 05:09:11 -0400 From: Bob Bomar <bob@fxp.org> To: Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? Message-ID: <20060408090911.GF68946@chaos.fxp.org> In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 12:34:11PM -0800, 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? > I still run a 4.8 machine to monitor the UPS's for a server room. Basically I have no reason to upgrade the machine, it is a Dell Gsx or similar, P2 233, 64MB RAM. It's been a great machine, just chugging along without any problems. It's on the internal LAN, so I don't see any security problems, as myself and 2 other people even know that the machine is there, what it does, or even cares about it, and has access to the room that it is in. [bob@bart] ~>uname -rsp FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386 [bob@bart] ~>uptime 4:05AM up 940 days, 9:18, 1 user, load averages: 0.24, 0.28, 0.25 -- Bob Bomar bob@ibsd.us [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEN3239Jm/aTrtdKoRAi/YAJ9Iqrrsfzxu8VS0uhSVcJ8186K4DgCcCPy9 8ooq4S6t+mEw4jpMbRl86hU= =lmaV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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