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whether Jordan looks like a toon ferret or not, whether or not to
type in capitals, who is drinking too much coffee, where the best
beer is brewed, who is brewing beer in their basement, and so on.
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technical lists, but the follow ups should be directed to this
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or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in
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hardware
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concerning what to buy or avoid.
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Discussion center around multimedia applications, their installation, their
development and their support within FreeBSD
Porting to Non-Intel
platforms
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discussion and proposals for non-Intel FreeBSD ports.
Policy issues and
suggestions
This is a forum for policy discussions
related to FreeBSD. This includes where FreeBSD is going, how to
set up a consortium, whether or not and how to make FreeBSD pay
for itself, how to attract more users, and so on. When a topic
relates directly to FreeBSD but has little or no technical
content then it should be sent to this list.
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ports, modifications to ports collection infrastructure and general
coordination efforts.
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Security issues
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