comparing netboot thin client solutions?

[Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg]

On 04/21/04 23:00:37, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> I am currently researching LTSP and K12LTSP (Fedora and LTSP
> pre-configured). Any other free, open source solutions I should look
> at?
> 
> And I'd also like to compare with *BSD solutions.
> 
> I see the old 1996 Diskless X Server: a how to guide (for FreeBSD)  
> and
> the
> Diskless NetBSD HOW-TO.
>

*snip*

This made me a bit curious since Ive been planning to do something  
similar myself, so I looked up the Diskless X Server howto.
On the last page, it says "If you are not using devfs(5) (which is the  
default in FreeBSD 5.X), you should make sure that you do not forget to  
run MAKEDEV all in the dev directory."
Now, the article is dated 1996, but it still mentions devfs and FreeBSD  
5.x.
How long has FreeBSD 5.x been around? AFAIK it has been a work in  
progress for quite some time, but devfs back in 1996?
Has the howto been updated without the date being changed, or am I  
missing something here?

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R