From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 14 20:01:59 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5AC0F1F9 for ; Thu, 14 May 2015 20:01:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm9-vm1.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm9-vm1.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.7]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C6511BF4 for ; Thu, 14 May 2015 20:01:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=prodigy.net; s=s2048; t=1431633546; bh=xFVOeMSycpg99gF1yWKWhEOPgjJT2ASTWzXWUAlY77k=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From:Subject; b=BZ0c7SRF2hvKWObHy7KU2nHJitVG8odEhHFK3DABmOXDbxYtRpPuD2SuuLvQd9jvtV1T3UoJ0nj6Nm1vGegP/X0aWX5hcmXRcWnj0fgmy9JzoDCtFneMnzwxsmrFHht9rhTGYv7kXSqOk7aS+XJvZQUFCDsRCBkvws1B/Tf138WOe/Yez5g6cv06ArIpY2pt6DXdVM3OhLpEFr0WZzrH56wF/sL9QpRWs735er04fdbEdzf/GnuywhiFecZlJPSnYkMK08U7czWR9Aki+fDY64nbc3K5Wzq0mvOx57DFp0r/Q4BMvcCYjUK7OJUfMNsuul/q4+odHESGaniAotj2hw== Received: from [216.39.60.170] by nm9.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 May 2015 19:59:06 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.242] by tm6.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 May 2015 19:59:06 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 May 2015 19:59:06 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 784311.2743.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: rtTf32EVM1l4hdAMGZiTy7rdHqHNlpjZdJbyOFIt_yFxEhE fSpAS2HiooMoA10fEJL19XP.mT5EVDmF3Oa_vlKf_oqRSqDarT_7fdjwjQ5z 7YZ5egdcmrjzWCw5yRb.e6Bi6V.ffM6xFqH_s8H1NbrQZxLwxBsjp5ucpW6j 4LQkUVzQnKzOj5hFB7QVYMtUHQf1oZKrClX7h.wurQfMUmTAc9Xr.RQJrjkX ZA7ph_h4FZaqBBlM1BfvFOaDhDvFSHs4xDcDNzEfFQ3m0fK3svzxGY3SkJxt qdnHv1dYRrMSAJC.6ELyv9XVExflDxVnEkWmkJ6RWmUMaek1nkI2hVDq4ouU 4eSl8FydyovfUOWHmACmi1W13DZqVlTptGuIj68j5hpMU_6NYaPO.11Gmq5E fkLTpyR7OwmTJwLVr3dwnQTgHBA8qk.mHO2s08AzcLQLpEFxuE8YkP7A.Gs8 wQZdkEGRvx4_Zer0iUdUiTdshwE66ea_qdmD9H0JTB64s6fWR2xIfMJKpM8r amwS_eIxTPbFHUVFPWIcUeYqbTorkFkTJXmPHZxC.u7KT9xcH X-Yahoo-SMTP: 46rcWa.swBDnY9zvhIrsU2awgPSTQgUKFFrFJjEU8wwG Message-Id: From: Jeffry Killen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Returning to FreeBSD Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 12:59:05 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 20:01:59 -0000 Hello; I have had experience installing, configuring, and adding various server software packages to FreeBSD. But the last version I have experience with is 6.2. I still have various hardware configurations that are from that era. The current questions: How useful is the latest edition of Absolute FreeBSD? I see 3rd edition available, but on the authors web site, version 7.0 is mentioned, and I see that the current version is up to 10. I can look at hardware compatibility with respect to current version but in general, will hardware that vintage be compatible? Later, I can get newer components. Asus, Ecs, Gygabyte motherboards, AMD Athlon 64 (single core) processors I presume that most networking drivers wouldn't change to drastically, but I did have an issue with a new networking tech that wasn't yet supported out of the box by FreeBSD, at the time. Its been a while. I have a lot of rust to work through Thank you for time and attention. JK