viewforum.php?f=19and kFreeBSD is not experimental, but an official releas, no?
I am slightly annoyed by the miriads of threads about kFreeBSD and the Hurd too, though.
I am not sure why people keep asking for changes. The forum ninja's show up in february or march, once a year, ask what could be enhanced, and then vanish (again: for a year). I am not sure how many rights are given to the available clowns in the admin-panel (phpbb is very fine grained about it), but they often let us know they have to ask for it and don't miss to thank their master while mentioning that. If clown sounds to harsh for your ears, substitude it with loyal dogs.
Hope is the last vice to die, isn't it?