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Forums vs FreeBSD mailing lists

Forums

forums.freebsd.org

Depends

Confidence: Low

This is the official, free, community-run support forum for FreeBSD . there is nothing to buy, so the only question is relevance.

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FreeBSD mailing lists

lists.freebsd.org

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Pick Forums when

FreeBSD sysadmins troubleshooting installs
Developers porting software to FreeBSD
Learners hitting FreeBSD-specific edge cases

When Forums is not a fit

Teams shopping for forum software to deploy . this is a community, not a product
Linux or Windows shops . content is FreeBSD-specific
Anyone needing guaranteed-response vendor support with an SLA

Sources

Product security pageforums.freebsd.org
official
What We Lost When We Quit Using Crappy Old Web Forumstedium.co
news
I feel like Reddit has replaced many niche forumsnews.ycombinator.com
news
Why is reddit and other forums so negative, hostile, nastyreddit.com
review