The entire point of this extended discussion, for those who have paid
attention, is that FreeBSD 4.x, which is admittedly the fastest version
available, DOES NOT work with intel's fastest CPUs because it doesnt
support the necessary chipsets, AND, that freebsd "people" would rather ridicule people that ask why than fix things.
So your claim that its a "heavy-duty server" platform is tainted by the fact that in order to use the fastest server Mobos, you have to use the slower, still-under-development 5.x. Which seems counterproductive for an O/S
that is trying to establish itself as a choice as a server platform.
Dear Mr X.
You might be aware of DragonFlyBSD - it was forked from FBSD 4.x due to disagreements on the path of development for the 5.x branch developing SMP support among other things. The founder Mathew Dillon believed his way was the better and disagreements with the FBSD development team eventually led to the fork. In july 2004 v.1.0 was released.
I don't know about performance DFBSD vs FBSD5 vs FBSD4, and I don't know about hardware support, in fact I don't know much about DFBSD apart from the name.
But, if you like FBSD4, then DFBSD may be a viable alternative you should try out. However, the develpment team and user base is much smaller than that of FBSD, you need to be much more oriented at contributing to the project if you want progress to be made.
I suggest you give it a try, make your choice, be it FBSD4/5 or DFBSD.
Both DFBSD and FBSD as you know is delivered "AS IS" granting you only the right to be happy.
Cheers, Erik
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