From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 18:05:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB9281065670 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 18:05:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp03.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F33E8FC15 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 18:05:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.37]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 09 May 2011 14:05:55 -0400 Received: from smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.104]) by mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 4.2.3-GA) with ESMTP id AWF48177; Mon, 9 May 2011 14:05:54 -0400 Received: from 209-6-91-204.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.91.204]) by smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 09 May 2011 14:05:53 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19912.11520.987275.370635@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 14:05:52 -0400 To: John or Judy Hixson In-Reply-To: <80E5C049-6836-4204-A177-D48FD3C14ABB@earthlink.net> References: <80E5C049-6836-4204-A177-D48FD3C14ABB@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: Newbie Needing Help 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: Mon, 09 May 2011 18:05:56 -0000 John or Judy Hixson writes: > Actually I'm using 7.4 because that's the latest version Lucas' > book covers and I learn better with a book in my hand. When I'm > ready to actually use FBSD, I'll get going with the latest > production release. At the level you're (probably) operating, the difference between 7.4 and 8.2 is minimal. Robert Huff