Which Release to Download?

[eric]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 13:22:15 -0700, David Syphers proclaimed...
 
> I disagree. I think a completely new user should start with 5.x - there's no 
> reason to learn the details of how 4.x works, just to have significant 
> portions of that knowledge become obsolete in a month. I wouldn't use 5.2.1 
> on a production machine, but it's perfectly fine for a desktop or learning 
> machine.

Obsolete? You can't be serious; I don't forsee going to 5.x anytime
in the next year or so.