From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 8 09:09:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BF1216A402 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 09:09:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@fxp.org) Received: from chaos.fxp.org (chaos.fxp.org [216.155.111.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B2EB43D46 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 09:09:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@fxp.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chaos.fxp.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CCAA28420; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 05:09:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chaos.fxp.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (chaos.fxp.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 10422-08-2; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 05:09:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: by chaos.fxp.org (Postfix, from userid 1103) id 4F1EC284A3; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 05:09:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 05:09:11 -0400 From: Bob Bomar To: Joseph Vella Message-ID: <20060408090911.GF68946@chaos.fxp.org> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at fxp.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bob Bomar List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:09:16 -0000 --TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 12:34:11PM -0800, Joseph Vella wrote: > I notice a lot of references to version 4.x. Is there any overwhelming r= eason=20 > why its use seems to be still popular. I'm wanting to set up a server (j= ust=20 > for play) on my home network using a PII machine. Am I better off using = an=20 > older version for such old equipment? If so, do any particular versions= =20 > stand out? >=20 I still run a 4.8 machine to monitor the UPS's for a server room. Basically I have no reason to upgrade the machine, it is a Dell Gsx or similar, P2 233, 64MB RAM. It's been a great machine, just chugging along without any problems. It's on the internal LAN,=20 so I don't see any security problems, as myself and 2 other people even know that the machine is there, what it does, or even cares about it, and has access to the room that it is in. [bob@bart] ~>uname -rsp FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386 [bob@bart] ~>uptime 4:05AM up 940 days, 9:18, 1 user, load averages: 0.24, 0.28, 0.25 --=20 Bob Bomar bob@ibsd.us --TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEN3239Jm/aTrtdKoRAi/YAJ9Iqrrsfzxu8VS0uhSVcJ8186K4DgCcCPy9 8ooq4S6t+mEw4jpMbRl86hU= =lmaV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy--