From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 9 08:17:42 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92AF53BC for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 08:17:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B04958 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 08:17:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=ti6XAvUyaeVdFbul6c4Dpj+MKvpUH/sAvsZ22jDHBkY=; b=LCEvUxoeXuk/Wh8Pt0p3arlsm0CdDF+GNgeQQKRh7uxkGfNymz6Rxx1uMVPbRZXO2U9MxjbutH9eMBzjuYpt/UfekuPN0eh3d0rZu4MagngovsEOVffyqoh2/biqT6J3; Received: from [122.129.203.50] (port=40527 helo=X220.ovitrap.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Tsqqy-000yof-Oj; Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:17:41 -0700 Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 15:17:37 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: Gary Kline Subject: Re: which version of FBSD should i install? Message-ID: <20130109151737.3d23ad38@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20130109071657.GA16194@ethic.thought.org> References: <20130109025504.GA4992@ethic.thought.org> <20130109125549.2fba6ac4@X220.ovitrap.com> <20130109071657.GA16194@ethic.thought.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:17:42 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 23:16:58 -0800 Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 12:55:49PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 18:55:04 -0800 > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > ms well use my 2005 Thinkpad. it is reasonably fast at > > > 3.06GHz. should clue me in on how much stuff I need to compile to > > > test. > > > > You should be able to run anything from 7.4, 8.3, 9.1 to 10.0. > > > > I mention 7.4 here for a simple reason. It could be that your old > > machine uses some USB hardware, which is not supported from 8.0 > > onwards. > > > > I would say, if it works, use 9.1. If not check out 7.4. If this > > then works, you could check 10 out. > > > > 8.3 is the version which is the most robust one as the new stuff did > > not arrive there yet. > > > > Erich > > > Thanks for this. VBC uses no USB hardware... well, AFAIK. I > =believe= it should work on anything unix. That is: > Unix, BSD, Linux, Android. VBC doe require a keyboard since > the disabled user needs to type what he wants to have spoken. If > there are and USB issues there, I have no idea. > if the keyboard is connected via USB, you have lost if the controller is not supported. I would not expect this to be the case on a notebook. Anyway, it is most likely that you will be happy with any version. As the ports are the same for all versions. Have fun testing. Erich