From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 19 17:14:09 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 069D257B52E for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:14:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [184.105.128.27]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "www.holgerdanske.com", Issuer "www.holgerdanske.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F29V76lPhz3KDJ for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:14:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from 99.100.19.101 (99-100-19-101.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:13:58 -0700 Subject: Re: OS to replace FreeBSD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20210319101040.00005c35@seibercom.net> From: David Christensen Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:13:57 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210319101040.00005c35@seibercom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F29V76lPhz3KDJ X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com has no SPF policy when checking 184.105.128.27) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.10 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[184.105.128.27:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[184.105.128.27:from:127.0.2.255]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[holgerdanske.com]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:184.104.0.0/15, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:14:09 -0000 On 3/19/21 7:10 AM, Jerry wrote: > With the soon-to-be release of version 13 of FreeBSD and the EOL of > FreeBSD 11.x, I will need to invest in a new OS. Due to FreeBSD’s > unfortunate inability to squash bug > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237666, l am left > with no choice but to seek out a new OS. I need a bare-bones system > that can run a mail server, Postfix with Dovecot, and a few other > utilities. Looking at that link, I see: ... Gerard Seibert 2021-02-25 21:01:04 UTC ... # dmidecode 3.3 ... Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: XPS 8930 Version: 1.1.15 Serial Number: 19WS903 UUID: 4c4c4544-0039-5710-8053-b1c04f393033 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: 0859 Family: XPS Dell says: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/xps-desktop/spd/xps-8930-desktop Operating system With Windows 10 Home So, Windows 10 Home is the only operating system supported by Dell on that computer. Windows 10 Home should not exhibit the bug you have encountered. Check if your software is supported on Windows 10 Home. If so, install Windows 10 Home and install your software. Alternatively, get another computer that is known to be compatible with your OS and software of choice. I am running 12.2-RELEASE-p4 GENERIC amd64 without any problems on: * Dell PowerEdge T30 with Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 * Intel S1200V3RPL with Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 David