From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Feb 19 12:07:23 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF08A23812F for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:07:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) Received: from sonic311-23.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (sonic311-23.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [66.163.188.204]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48MxL209X1z3GMk for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:07:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) X-YMail-OSG: eDV8NSwVM1kVfFU4ByBXeXB7xSAFi65KEMlyn4q3b6Kc8Dqo81awwfS0OxjnKj8 ijBYqA2XiyYjaZnjZZkeWjn9WhXifEvIauKsxfZkFfiHVIS5X4c6wehnu0pM4zugJc6pZB.JP765 y33rE9gWN_LCMUN5MReIfkHKAhx866bAoXCZYL7N7KY2uxsRzQ9f0CQwRx4gaUXL0guPBzlK4fs. 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Yes, it is, but one has to go to chapter 24 of the handbook to understand how it works. This should be at the very beginning and explained in simpler terms. Of course, based on the assumption that you want to new users to use FreeBSD, but if you want to keep the base small, it's fine just like that. -- Ottavio Caruso