Opening poster (OP)

[Cath O'Deray]

Maybe an unexpected regression with the recent upgrade to The FreeBSD Forums, there's no longer an OP hint on screen.

This issue was first noticed whilst seeking historical posts by Zagzigger:

13.1 update: now user cannot log in to KDE, but root can

System updated many times (probably from 12.0) now refuses to run KDE as user. After stopping SDDM, I'm able to log in as either user or root via a terminal using startx, but KDE will only allow a login from root. When in the KDE root screen, the user can be seen but not altered. The user...

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[Cath O'Deray]

Pictured above, left: a Wayback Machine capture of the topic below.

2024: The year of desktop FreeBSD?

Yeah, I went there with the title, but don't worry, the reference is both deliberate and self-aware. I'm actually about to write an article about this very subject to a Finnish computer culture magazine, from the viewpoint of a newbie-ish, enthusiast, non-sysadmin, desktop user. When I got my...

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[richardtoohey2]

I thought OP meant Original Poster, but whatever the letters stand for, you are right, they do not seem to show as an overlay any more.