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    How to deploy a FreeBSD installation to given partition?

    That's not very flexible. You'll always end up with the same partition table on all the systems you deploy. Better use the appropriate tool.
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    NEVER let Freebsd become like Ubuntu

    ^ This, x1000. Nay, Linux wouldn't have existed in the first place. "If 386BSD had been available when I started on Linux, Linux would probably never have happened." -- Linus Torvalds, 1993 Maybe Hurd would've taken over its role as default kernel. Maybe the entire GNU thing would've had a...
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    pkgbase in production

    It's the equivalent of using ports-mgmt/poudriere to build your own package repository for use with pkg. It's only necessary if you want custom packages... or you don't have access to any repository. The repository for pkgbase was not created because pkgbase was not production-ready when 12.0...
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    Ever had FreeBSD brick a device?

    Some have "hidden" partitions that store disaster recovery tools, monitoring tools and what not. Removing or modifying such partition may prevent booting, essentially bricking the machine.
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    Permanent no dpms for console and X

    I have the xset commands in ~/.xinitrc so they run when I launch xinit. I'm not sure setting the DISPLAY environment variable is really necessary though. But yeah that's pretty much how anyone disables DPMS. Do you have any specific needs? Anything not working properly?
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    An happy fix for the PKG Mismatch of FreeBSD 12.0 Current/Stable

    freebsd-12-cant-find-boot-entropy.68265 upgrade-11-2-to-12-0-boot-entropy-fail.68708 install-from-usb-stick-cant-find-boot-entropy.68858
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    How to install Xorg without Wayland in FreeBSD?

    Indeed, there's no trace of it in the package's MANIFEST either.
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    How to deploy a FreeBSD installation to given partition?

    If you consider other forums, then it's "corey_james", 4 years prior. ;)
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    How to install Xorg without Wayland in FreeBSD?

    Packages are built using the default port options. You can build your own from ports. Check out --disable-xwayland. There's no such a thing. 13 is -CURRENT. 12.0 is -RELEASE.
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    How to deploy a FreeBSD installation to given partition?

    Creating partitions and newfs-ing them accordingly if need be; Installing the appropriate boot code chain if need be; Uncompressing the distribution archives (base.txz and kernel.txz, at the very least); Populating the target /etc/fstab. Since you're installing to a USB-connected external...
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    How to deploy a FreeBSD installation to given partition?

    This is straightforward to do (as all things FreeBSD usually are) and we already have a howto for just that, courtesy of ShelLuser. Regardless of the choices you make concerning the partitioning scheme or the file system, the basic principles will remain the same. Just be careful with those...
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    Solved Unmount not permitted (user) root ok

    That's not the point. The point is that, aside from being terrible securitywise, it just does not serve any good purpose. 0660 would be more appropriate. As usual the Handbook comes to the rescue.
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    NEVER let Freebsd become like Ubuntu

    Like this. That's what the logo stands for actually.
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    12.0: cap Q to exit freebsd-update??

    In any case, it's always good habit to read the Release Notes.
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    Music…

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    I wish to replicate /usr/local/bin on Windows

    That's only partially accurate. While most programs will have a bunch of .DLLs sitting along with the main .EXE each in their own subdirectory under %ProgramFiles% (or %ProgramFiles(x86)%), settings are always expected to be stored under %AppData% (or the HKCU registry hive). Only older programs...
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    'Blogs and Newsfeeds' threads

    Hello. What's with the recent flood in the Blogs and Newsfeeds forum? Some of these threads are supposed to be months old like those announcing 11.2- betas and RELEASE. I can remember this happening a few times in the past.
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    Using FreeBSD as Desktop OS

    Perhaps these are BIOS partitions/BSD slices. Since you have 2 disks, one must have 4 partitions and the other 3. Some may staunchly disagree, but IMHO ZFS is overkill for most people. And no, I don't like FreeBSD because of ZFS; in fact I've never used ZFS.
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    Redacted

    You can switch between WebEngine and (revived) WebKit backends by setting Backends/Web in about:config.
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