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Subject: Re: user quest. is BSD 4.2 ok to install ?
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> user question.  could somebody reply to my email?

> is BSD 4.2 ok to install ?

4.2BSD will run fine on a VAX 11/780, 750 or 730, or maybe a 785.
It does not run on a PC.  Or did you mean something else?

> i've never installed BSD i did read about portage.  i wrote **

> i have an older pc and want to stay away from a huge number of new 
> problems / breakage of old apps / new hw i can't get.  something 
> stable, quick(r) and simple

> ie, i want a stable awk and an older web browser that sucks is just fine

4.2BSD predates the web by quite a few years, and doesn't have a graphical
user interface.  It has awk, though.  It is certainly simple by today's
standards.

> i also don't want to kick my own butt.  what's a good release to start 
> would you vote ?

For a PC: FreeBSD 9.2, given your concerns.

		Mike