Why are so many people using 4.x?

Kevin Kinsey kdk at daleco.biz
Tue Mar 28 21:38:37 UTC 2006


Joseph Vella wrote:

>I notice a lot of references to version 4.x.  Is there any overwhelming reason 
>why its use seems to be still popular.  I'm wanting to set up a server (just 
>for play) on my home network using a PII machine.  Am I better off using an 
>older version for such old equipment?  If so, do any particular versions 
>stand out?
>  
>

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TOP TEN REASONS PEOPLE STILL USE FREEBSD 4.11

10.  "format && reinstall" sounds too much like MSFT!

9.  Spinal Tap fans can't wait to hit 4.*14* ....

8.  'uname -a' substitutes for AT&T information call...

7.  Procmail rules delete "announce@" headers....

6.  Believed "tmr at aol.com" trolling....

5.  "African users are non-migratory."++

4.  "Tools, not policy."

3.  Too busy coding to update.

2.   It Just Works(tm).

1.  Uptime, uptime, uptime, baby!

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Truth:  I dunno.  Some people are afraid of destabilization,
I guess, and follow the adage "if it ain't broke" ??

KDK ;-)


++ Not an ethnic or nationalist slur, catch the
"Monty Python" reference, please---especially
if you call yourself a geek....

-- 
They make a desert and call it peace.
		-- Tacitus (55?-120?)


Appendix.

10] 5.X introduced "UFS2", and you've got to
     newfs your disks to get it.

9] Ref. movie: "This is Spinal Tap" (which
    I've never seen-I can't really call
    myself an elder geek, then, can I?)

8]  Google's faster, and free.

7] Might be interesting to know how many
    admins really haven't thought about the
    fact that 5.x (heck, 6?  7??) exists.
 
6] Not his real name, I hope.  Some people
    *have* had issues.  This happens to everyone
    running a computer, I think, and isn't *directly*
    related to one's choice of OS

5] See Bruce Mah's "Migration Guide"(s).

4] Nobody's forcing them to upgrade.  Compare and
    contrast this with the word "Free", as in "FreeBSD"
    and a certain well-known software company.

3] FreeBSD does allow you to do Real Work,
    especially if you don't spend your time
    running every possible update permutation.
    Or, composing silly emails to the lists...

2] 1]  ... self-explanatory?



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