From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 14:33:46 2008 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 30F841065676 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:33:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+4G=8793926f@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from fallback-in1.mxes.net (fallback-out1.mxes.net [216.86.168.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F05FA8FC18 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:33:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+4G=8793926f@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by fallback-in1.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8239A164839 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:22:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DC1723E3FD for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:22:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:22:12 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081201142212.5cddd312@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <002701c9538a$10ff0330$005bfb48@harryveltman> References: <002701c9538a$10ff0330$005bfb48@harryveltman> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Which FreeBSD is best for my PC? 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, 01 Dec 2008 14:33:46 -0000 On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:54:38 -0800 "Harry Veltman" wrote: > Which version and GUI will work best on the internet with my AT > Pentium II 350MHz x86-based PC? Some web sites require Flash Player > 8 or higher, If flash is important to you then I'd suggest you run windows firefox under wine. Native Adobe Flash support is apparently working again in 7.1, but it's only just been restored as being broken for years. And by all accounts the linux flash-plugin isn't perfect even in Linux. > and some require 128-bit encryption I think, but doesn't > 40-bit encryption process data 3 times faster? How many bit > encryption is the various versions of FreeBSD? Thanks. All the supported versions of FreeBSD should have a wide range of ciphers available on browsers. IMO it's not really worth using ciphers below 128 bits. 128 bit is probably safe from the NSA, 40 bits could easily be broken on a pc.