From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 9 07:16:49 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 77911523 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 07:16:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from smtpout04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout04-01.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 362EE714 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 07:16:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23859 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2013 07:16:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (209.180.213.209) by smtpout04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.196) with ESMTP; 09 Jan 2013 07:16:46 -0000 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 23:16:58 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Erich Dollansky Subject: Re: which version of FBSD should i install? Message-ID: <20130109071657.GA16194@ethic.thought.org> References: <20130109025504.GA4992@ethic.thought.org> <20130109125549.2fba6ac4@X220.ovitrap.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130109125549.2fba6ac4@X220.ovitrap.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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 07:16:49 -0000 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. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.