OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20539/Official_FreeBSD_org_forums_launched_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2010, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:39:46 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com FreeBSD.. http://osnews.com/thread?337436 http://osnews.com/thread?337436 has become a consumer class OS. Excellent news!!! Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fithisux) Comments daemonforums.org http://osnews.com/thread?337437 http://osnews.com/thread?337437 You should also check daemonforums.org the continuation of old bsdforums.org (RIP). Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vermaden) Comments At last http://osnews.com/thread?337441 http://osnews.com/thread?337441 I'm happy to see freebsd.org has at last its own forum. It should have been implemented right from the beginning. I see they are using reCaptcha as validation scheme, this is nice but not enough. It is just a matter of time before spammers find this nice forum and start bugging us. I hope the admins activate the challenge/response antispam scheme with a question specific to FreeBSD, for instance: "Give one of the names of the FreeBSD mascot?" I doubt a manual spammer would insist. Spam is one of the reasons why bsdforums.org closed doors. It's such a pity. I have sent the admin a few emails offering free help to solve the spam problem, and I have received no reply whatsoever, not even a "No, thanks". I have also offered free help to improve their web site. No response. Anyway, it's been a few months bsdforums.org has been down, let's turn the page and head over to forums.freebsd.org! ;) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Liquidator) Comments RE: At last http://osnews.com/thread?337442 http://osnews.com/thread?337442 > It should have been implemented right from the beginning.

From the beginning of what exactly? :-)

For suggestions, head to the Feedback sections in the forums and leave a message. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (florent) Comments Right direction? http://osnews.com/thread?337446 http://osnews.com/thread?337446 I'm glad to see that the FreeBSD foundations is making efforts to gather a larger userbase. A community surrounding a project usually produces positive results. This has potential to server as a central location for requesting assistance which would double as a help repository.

I just hope that FreeBSD continues to be a rock-solid OS. Popularity is rarely a positive thing. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (foldingstock) Comments RE: At last http://osnews.com/thread?337489 http://osnews.com/thread?337489
Spam is one of the reasons why bsdforums.org closed doors. It's such a pity. I have sent the admin a few emails offering free help to solve the spam problem, and I have received no reply whatsoever, not even a "No, thanks".


Spam was just a symptom of a more basic problem. (The site was reportedly abandoned by its only admin.)

Anyway, that's water under the bridge now. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anomie) Comments RE: At last http://osnews.com/thread?337490 http://osnews.com/thread?337490 Just been talking to one of the admins and he said he didn't receive any email from you. So I suggest re-sending your email or posting in the Feedback section as I mentioned previously. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (florent) Comments RE: Right direction? http://osnews.com/thread?337579 http://osnews.com/thread?337579 I'm not sure I agree with that. As popularity grows, so do bug report counts and the pool of competent people willing to code for the project. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (atriq) Comments RE: At last http://osnews.com/thread?337611 http://osnews.com/thread?337611 Congrats FreeBSD! May you and all other Unix prosper! ;) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kebabbert) Comments Comment by Oliver http://osnews.com/thread?337613 http://osnews.com/thread?337613 A nice step toward a bright future =) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Oliver) Comments