user quest. is BSD 4.2 ok to install ?
Mike Karels
mike at karels.net
Sun Mar 16 00:52:09 UTC 2014
> user question. could somebody reply to my email?
> is BSD 4.2 ok to install ?
4.2BSD will run fine on a VAX 11/780, 750 or 730, or maybe a 785.
It does not run on a PC. Or did you mean something else?
> i've never installed BSD i did read about portage. i wrote **
> i have an older pc and want to stay away from a huge number of new
> problems / breakage of old apps / new hw i can't get. something
> stable, quick(r) and simple
> ie, i want a stable awk and an older web browser that sucks is just fine
4.2BSD predates the web by quite a few years, and doesn't have a graphical
user interface. It has awk, though. It is certainly simple by today's
standards.
> i also don't want to kick my own butt. what's a good release to start
> would you vote ?
For a PC: FreeBSD 9.2, given your concerns.
Mike
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