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I thought that maybe the FreeBSD subreddit had more activity than this forum, so I went and took a look, and the answer is no, it does not by a long stretch. I don't want to make the effort to check out the Discord place.
 
I think using vi/vim is just more fun than using non-modal editors. It's more rewarding, more fulfilling. You feel more in sync with what you are doing. Your brain is more alert.
 
I've seen Libreboot mentioned by a couple of very new forum users. I guess it's something that is en vogue in the open-source world. Curiously enough, the thing has an entrepreneurial side.

The thing:
libreboot.org

Libreboot – Free and Open Source BIOS/UEFI boot firmware

Libreboot – Free and Open Source BIOS/UEFI boot firmware
libreboot.org libreboot.org

The entrepreneurial side:
minifree.org

Minifree Ltd – Linux/BSD preinstalled laptops with Libreboot BIOS replacement

Minifree Ltd – Linux/BSD preinstalled laptops with Libreboot BIOS replacement
minifree.org minifree.org
 
This is funny. The War with the Machines is nigh.


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Don't say "thank you all for your responses"! Click thanks on every response! I like my karma growing! I find everyone is too stingy with their likes and thanks. Like and thank more! It's free of charge! And it's a motivational boost for the one who receives the likes and thanks! Everyone takes everything too seriously. "Oh, I don't wanna like this because it's not so interesting, and I only like thinks that could be nominated to a Pulitzer." C'mon!

Edit: Truth is, I had started looking for threads that went unanswered for more than a day or so and I answered a few, but seeing that then, most of the time, I don't even get a thanks from the OP, I've lost all motivation for continuing doing this. It's the truth. You do it.

Edit 2: I'm not talking about my "crumbs" in the thread about art and literature. I understand that I don't get any likes there. It's very off-topic. I'm talking about genuine FreeBSD post trying to help other users.
 
Anyway, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking--mainly--about people not following the Forum rules:

12. If you consider some post to be useful and you would like to express your appreciation, please do not post "Thank you"-like messages. Instead use the 'Thanks' button.

DutchDaemon

Thread 'FreeBSD Forums Rules'

This section contains general FreeBSD Forums rules which should be followed by all members in order to keep the quality of these forums on a high level.

Though many of the FreeBSD development members read this forum, we cannot always guarantee that we will get to your questions in a timely fashion (or at all) if you post them only to one of the forums available here. FreeBSD mailing lists and comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.* groups are currently the mainstream place to ask your questions with a lot of subscribed users. Please note, that by addressing your questions to the appropriate forum you...
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DutchDaemon said:
roundtrip times.
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I don't know what this means, sorry. If you care to explain, I'll adapt. If it means that we have exchanged more than enough messages, I agree. I don't plan to add any other and I request that you don't end this thread if the other user does.

On other news, this is an outstanding example of a user of the forum, nxjoseph, going above and beyond to help another who is in very difficult circumstances. I'd call it exemplary.

nxjoseph

Post in thread 'Can't Access FreeBSD Packages Due to Filtering'

I uploaded spoofdpi.pkg to my google drive, this is for FreeBSD 14.3. I hope you can download from here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17gdIbk9s64igg4xzaTP8QDbr-cqN5WVw/view?usp=drive_link

Try # pkg add <pkgfile>

Code: 
# pkg info spoofdpi
spoofdpi-1.2.1_1
Name           : spoofdpi
Version        : 1.2.1_1
Installed on   : Tue Feb  3 16:06:15 2026 +03
Origin         : net/spoofdpi
Architecture   : FreeBSD:14:amd64
Prefix         : /usr/local
Categories     : net
Licenses       : APACHE20
Maintainer     : nxjoseph@protonmail.com
WWW            : https://spoofdpi.xvzc.dev/...
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An interesting thread-within-an-old-thread that is going on right on.

toddg

ZFS Post in thread 'Complete tool for automated backups (to Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure or INTERNAL storage)'

I'm new to FreeBSD and ZFS, and in need of a backup solution. This thread helped me a lot. I think I'm going to start off with, for me, the simplest solution possible:

* maybe local snapshots ( question at end of post )
* rsync to rsync.net (rsync.net maintains daily snapshots in zfs, so rsyncing to them is easy and relatively foolproof, see https://rsync.net/resources/howto/rsync.html)
* periodic database dumps (which get rsync'd to rsync.net)

I'm certain this is not the most efficient (or cheapest) way to do this, but the cost of rsync.net isn't out of line for the service they...
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Diablo 3's fun; I like this build that lets me jump around lazer-shock obliterating everything :p

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32R1bMfjkSI



I was trying to get D3 in Simplified Chinese, and ended up spending some hours reverse-engineering stuff:
  • D3 bought in US (possibly EU/SEA too) supports zh-TW (traditional chinese)
  • D3 (above) can connect to US/EU/Asia servers (us/eu/kr; us.actual.battle.net)
  • There's a specific China version of D3 (zh-CN; likely simplified chinese; d3cn)
  • d3cn connects to a different auth/server than D3 (cn.actual.battle.net)
  • That cn address requires NetEase account link (apparently creating an account requires SMS or real-name China-side verification?)
  • d3cn client comes with a special D3 executable that implies it has a local-side server (D3's always-online on PC; consoles can offline)
I'm not sure if I can figure out NetEase sign-up or figure out flags to launch a local server (likely need the Battle net auth for ownership check?), but an official D3 client with local server on PC would be big news!

That imply link links to DiIiS (D3 server emulator project; requires PostgreSQL and .NET 7 SDK + runtime) that looks cool too! I haven't looked into D3 emus since pre-RoS (available ones were more sandbox/not feature complete). I'm (mostly :p) content with official servers for now, but it might be cool to run a server on FreeBSD or something!
 
Espionage724 said:
it might be cool to run a server on FreeBSD
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No.

DutchDaemon

Thread 'Do not post METIN / METIN2 topics on these forums!'

Copied the sticky to the General forum for slightly higher visibility.

METIN-2 / METIN2 and other illegal software - don't ask for assistance on these forums. Threads will be closed, posters will be banned.

  1. Factfinding: The server files are indeed leaked, so we're basically talking about an illegal copy of licensed software. The fact that there are hundreds of other servers out there is not particularly relevant here. You are here, asking this question. So I have to deal with you and your question. I can't take the whole world of illegal Metin2 installations and...
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eternal_noob said:
No.

DutchDaemon

Thread 'Do not post METIN / METIN2 topics on these forums!'

Copied the sticky to the General forum for slightly higher visibility.

METIN-2 / METIN2 and other illegal software - don't ask for assistance on these forums. Threads will be closed, posters will be banned.

  1. Factfinding: The server files are indeed leaked, so we're basically talking about an illegal copy of licensed software. The fact that there are hundreds of other servers out there is not particularly relevant here. You are here, asking this question. So I have to deal with you and your question. I can't take the whole world of illegal Metin2 installations and...
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Might be at-discretion, but what's the limit?
  • You can get the client files officially (if you own it, you authenticate through Bnet and download through their launcher)
  • Server is FOSS code (if it's public on GitHub it's probably not blantant copyright infringement/proprietary files)
It sounds like Metin had actual copyrighted server files leaked and straight-up piracy :p
 
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