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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:18:42 +0200
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Jeremy Kemp <jaknlak@sbcglobal.net>
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On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:53:50AM -0500, Jeremy Kemp wrote:
> [/lurk]
> I just inherited a DEC AlphaServer 1000/266 to play with, and I'm 
> curious if anyone has a recommendation of whether I should install 
> FreeBSD 4.8 or 5.1. Background includes some Linux/Unix, and I 

Both should work without incidents. For now I recommend 4.8.

> currently run Mac OS X Server, which is based on FreeBSD (or is it 
> Open? I can't remember).

FreeBSD.

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