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On Thursday 05 July 2012 20:08:36 Eitan Adler wrote
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> The system should be optimized for new users by default.

No. People aren't new users for long.This makes a lot more sense:

On Thursday 05 July 2012 19:31:17 Garrett Cooper wrote
>
> Here's a *random* thought to consider. This seems like a feature that
> FreeNAS/PC-BSD/etc (Linux/Windows/other OS convert) type thing might
> want -- so maybe the feature should exist (but be off) in FreeBSD and
> exist (and be on) in custom FreeBSD distros where users aren't
> necessarily expected to know FreeBSD.

This is the most sensible suggestion I've seen in this conversation so far.

Jonathan