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Installed 7.8 on an old 2x4 Xeon machine with a Radeon Nautilus GPU and KDE plasma.

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    @stefano @christopher I am not sure if I'd say #Linux is becoming like #Windows. I do recall similar statements made on the Debian-User mailing list on a previous release when xorg introduced autoconfiguration. A lot of people were pissed that it was making choices for you instead of manually configuring the xorg.conf file.Honestly, that was a good thing. Painful doesn't begin to describe it but users were unaware they could still hand-configure the file.There has been, however, more stuff added to Linux over the last several years. Call it bloat, call it whatever you want. OSes change. But it has been gradually moving away from simplicity.I miss the simplicity.However, to reply to your original post, coming from COTS solutions, sometimes the vast amount of choice can be overwhelming. For instance, when it comes to #FreeBSD #jails it used to just be jails. Now, it's thin, thick, classic, networking. I understand they have their places but it would be helpful to provide more detailed explanations, tutorials, or best practices for each. The FreeBSD Handbook is good but just scratches the surface but often leaves more questions. It would help with learning and in part...marketing.On a side note: The FreeBSD Handbook is a great resource but there are opportunities to improve it, like tailoring it to new users (better empathy), best practices, architectural examples, and links to additional resources and info.
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    @morgant @stefano @pitrh I lucked out and had my local User Group happen to give the NYCBSDCon. I put my hand up to help when they were looking for a volunteer because "some guy in Canada wants to stream the conference". Go. Volunteer. Even if you just carry a box or pull a cable. You won't regret it. We are a community with some of the most unique people I have ever met.
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    @bt this is interesting and I'll forward it to a person who recently asked me about this. Thank you!
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    Well now it seems #OpenBSD has me beat when trying to wipe and setup a new USB memory stick.I have never had issues under FreeBSD or Linux before but this is either me being extremely thick or ??justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas fdisk -iy sd2Writing MBR at offset 0.justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas disklabel -E sd2Label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt)sd2> pOpenBSD area: 64-15728640; size: 15728576; free: 15728576# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 15728640 0 unusedsd2> apartition to add: [a]offset: [64]size: [15728576]FS type: [4.2BSD] ext2fssd2*> qWrite new label?: [y] yjustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ ^Cas disklabel -E sd2justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas disklabel sd2# /dev/rsd2c:type: SCSIdisk: SCSI disklabel: Flash Diskduid: 507add78df02feccflags:bytes/sector: 512sectors/track: 63tracks/cylinder: 255sectors/cylinder: 16065cylinders: 979total sectors: 15728640boundstart: 64boundend: 1572864016 partitions:# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 15728576 64 ext2fs c: 15728640 0 unusedjustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs /dev/rsd2a/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096 using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.^Cjustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs /dev/sd2anewfs_ext2fs: /dev/sd2a: block devicejustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs sd2a/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096 using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.^Cjustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs -I sd2a/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096 using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.I used dd to wipe the USB then checked it was wiped. Then did the above and it all seems ok as per folk on the web and OpenBSD docs but newfs_extfs just sits there doing nothing.Anyone help or have a simple idiot sheet of what to do from wiping the USB memory stick to setting up an ext2 partition and formatting it. Mounting it will be the easy part.