which version of FBSD should i install?

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 23:16:58 -0800
Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:

> 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 <kline at thought.org> 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.
> 
if the keyboard is connected via USB, you have lost if the controller
is not supported. I would not expect this to be the case on a notebook.

Anyway, it is most likely that you will be happy with any version. As
the ports are the same for all versions.

Have fun testing.

Erich