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[Forum] Scheduled Forum update, upgrade, and maintenance, planned for 2023-03-23.

Last post by donald « 2023-03-18 16:50
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by donald » 2023-03-18 00:16

Please take into consideration that the forum will be unavailable for planned maintenance Thursday of NEXT week: 2023-03-23 .

The timeframe will be...

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Forum guidelines. Please read before first post!

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by 4D696B65 » 2021-07-23 23:07 » in General Debian

Before you start using Debian User Forums, please observe the following guidelines:

Do not cross post. Posting the same topic in more than one...

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Debian Code of Conduct

Last post by saulgoode « 2014-04-30 22:50
Posted in Debian Development Discussion

by saulgoode » 2014-04-30 22:50 » in Debian Development Discussion

A resolution instituting a Code of Conduct for Debian has been passed by the general membership.

Debian Code of Conduct

Be respectful
In a...

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[Forum] How to keep your thread(s) from getting removed, moved, or locked.

Last post by donald « 2023-01-05 04:17
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by donald » 2023-01-05 03:51

How to keep your thread(s) from getting removed, moved, or locked.

Sometimes threads on the forums will be locked, moved, or removed by the Forum...

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2023-01-05 04:17
[Forum] [Read-Me] Forum information, requests, and feedback -Forum use.

Last post by donald « 2022-10-13 16:32

by donald » 2022-10-13 16:32

Hi, my name is Donald and I will be your subforum moderator here. I'd like to take this time to share a few points with you so that we can all work...

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2022-10-13 16:32
[Best-Of] Threads for the week.

Last post by Best_Threads « 2023-03-27 02:02
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by Best_Threads » 2023-02-13 00:46

Each week here on the forum we highlight some threads which share Instruction, How-To, have lots of Information, or something that may be humorous....

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2023-03-27 02:02
[Suggestion] Search Result Citation by DATE

Last post by donald « 2023-03-11 03:45
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by JeSuisFlaneur » 2023-03-10 19:00

IMO It would be useful to put the date of the original post in the search results. Some material is so dated, for my problem, that any result more...

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Last post by donald
2023-03-11 03:45
[Forum] Welcome Aki!

Last post by Hallvor « 2023-02-13 14:56
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by donald » 2023-02-12 21:50

Check out the brand new nifty blue colour that enhances Aki 's username, which denotes their new rank and title which of Section Moderator status!...

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Last post by Hallvor
2023-02-13 14:56
[Discussion] Best threads of the week....

Last post by donald « 2023-02-11 01:19
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by donald » 2023-02-10 05:01

Over the past few months there have been here some absolutely amazing threads filled with knowledge and tidbits that get overlooked.

I was thinking...

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Last post by donald
2023-02-11 01:19
[Discussion] avatar size limit

Last post by artytux « 2023-02-07 02:13
Replies: 7
by kent_dorfman766 » 2023-01-25 19:50

So, with respect, is the 10KB avatar size limit suppose to be some kind of test to see how crafty we are in getting an image in under that limit?...

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Last post by artytux
2023-02-07 02:13
[Discussion] Free Hardware Discussion Thread

Last post by donald « 2023-02-03 10:22
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by NFT5 » 2023-01-24 06:35

Original thread:

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the concept of the donor having to wear the transportation costs. I have heaps of hardware,...

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Last post by donald
2023-02-03 10:22
Visit your profile to choose a flag.

Last post by donald « 2023-01-23 18:22
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by kedaha » 2022-10-13 20:27

Hi,
After login I get an Information: Please take a moment and visit your profile to choose a flag pop-up.
The chosen flag is for my nationality, my...

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Last post by donald
2023-01-23 18:22
[Feature] Advanced BBcode

Last post by sunrat « 2023-01-17 03:32
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by donald » 2022-10-16 20:55
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We have installed a new forum extension which adds a lot of BBCode functionality to the board:

I'm not 100% on the video option, we may have to...
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Last post by sunrat
2023-01-17 03:32
[Suggestion] DE's yes, WM ? OPEN FOR COMMENT - UNTIL 1/11/23

Last post by oswaldkelso « 2023-01-15 20:32
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by cds60601 » 2023-01-05 02:12
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While I do see a board for Desktop environments, should there also be a Windows Manager board?
That may not be something very popular as many of the...
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Last post by oswaldkelso
2023-01-15 20:32
[Forum] Scheduled Forum update, upgrade, maintenance planned for 2023-01-12.

Last post by donald « 2023-01-15 06:15
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by donald » 2023-01-09 06:57

Please take into consideration that the forums will be down for maintenance Thursday of this week.

We plan to accomplish :
Database cleanup....

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2023-01-15 06:15
[Suggestion] Question and/or Suggestion

Last post by donald « 2023-01-14 21:37
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by cds60601 » 2023-01-14 16:44

Hi there!

Q1 - is this forum supported by its name-sake? Meaning, Not only in an official manner as in an official support outlet, but as in...

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Last post by donald
2023-01-14 21:37
[Discussion] Javascript free

Last post by donald « 2023-01-09 23:11
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by fch » 2023-01-09 22:22

I see a message as attached that JS is required for the website, come on guys, it's the debian forum, I see a connection also to ajaxgoogleapis.com

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Last post by donald
2023-01-09 23:11
[Forum] Welcome FreewheelinFrank!

Last post by canci « 2023-01-08 10:33
Replies: 6
by donald » 2023-01-05 08:14

Apparently, as the expression goes, Good things come in 3's.

Check out the brand new nifty blue colour that enhances FreewheelinFrank 's username,...

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Last post by canci
2023-01-08 10:33
[Forum] Welcome canci!

Last post by wizard10000 « 2023-01-08 10:31
Replies: 5
by donald » 2023-01-07 21:28

Check out the brand new nifty blue colour that enhances canci 's username, which denotes their new rank and title which of Section Moderator status!...

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Last post by wizard10000
2023-01-08 10:31
[Forum] Welcome p.H!

Last post by Hallvor « 2023-01-05 08:12
Replies: 4
by donald » 2023-01-04 23:51

Check out the brand new nifty blue colour that enhances p.H 's username, which denotes their new rank and title which of Section Moderator status!...

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Last post by Hallvor
2023-01-05 08:12
[Forum] Welcome CwF!

Last post by cds60601 « 2023-01-05 01:22
Replies: 3
by donald » 2023-01-04 23:44

Check out the brand new nifty blue colour that enhances Cwf 's username, which denotes their new rank and title which of Section Moderator status!...

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Last post by cds60601
2023-01-05 01:22
[Request] [Solved] broken forum page field?

Last post by kent_dorfman766 « 2022-12-18 00:04
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by kent_dorfman766 » 2022-12-16 14:19

Shouldn't this actually show the subforum the post exists in, and not just the top-level Board Index?

What I see is Board index < < instead of...

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Last post by kent_dorfman766
2022-12-18 00:04
[Request] [Solved] Quick links for "Your posts" and "Search" does not work anymore in the forum

Last post by Aki « 2022-12-14 04:43
Replies: 4
by Aki » 2022-12-13 18:10

Hello,
It seems that the Quick links for Your posts and Search does not work anymore in the forum. When the Your posts is activated or a search in...

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Last post by Aki
2022-12-14 04:43
[Feature] Colour Blind Style/Theme option enabled

Last post by cds60601 « 2022-12-10 22:31
Replies: 1
by donald » 2022-12-10 06:15

We added this theme some time ago, it was spoken about in a thread but never globally announced. Now we correct that.

There is a theme that we have...

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Last post by cds60601
2022-12-10 22:31
unwanted WEB services

Last post by donald « 2022-12-06 03:33
Replies: 12
by LE_746F6D617A7A69 » 2022-12-02 23:17

Simple question:
After recent updates of this forums webpage, I get (customized) www warnings about *unexpected* web access, the problem boils down...

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Last post by donald
2022-12-06 03:33
[Forum] [Feature] Opt-in Cookies and 3rd party content

Last post by donald « 2022-11-13 21:21
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by donald » 2022-11-13 10:55

Debian User Forums does not use trackers or share information with any party at all with no exception , our forum software does use required cookies...

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2022-11-13 21:21
[Forum] Welcome wizard10000!

Last post by donald « 2022-11-09 02:46
Replies: 3
by donald » 2022-11-01 16:24

Check out the brand new nifty blue colour that enhances wizard10000 's username, which denotes their new rank and title which of Section Moderator...

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Last post by donald
2022-11-09 02:46
[SID - Unstable] Forum theme change?

Last post by wizard10000 « 2022-11-05 15:26
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by Dai_trying » 2022-10-30 09:23

After posting about this forum's theme and how I find it too garish to read comfortably I was asked to create a poll to see if there are others (and...

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Last post by wizard10000
2022-11-05 15:26
[Forum] Forum downtime today: 2:35 - 2:44 UTC

Last post by donald « 2022-11-04 02:46

by donald » 2022-11-04 02:46

We moved the forum order around and to prevent any mishaps the board was taken offline during the period of time. We also used that opportunity to...

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Last post by donald
2022-11-04 02:46
[Suggestion] Thread templates

Last post by Fossy « 2022-11-03 13:56
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by NFT5 » 2022-11-02 01:12

In another of the now seemingly endless stream of threads about the new sid/unstable section I made a suggestion that threads could have a template...

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Last post by Fossy
2022-11-03 13:56
[Request] Forum Styles (vote)

Last post by donald « 2022-11-03 04:57
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by donald » 2022-10-20 21:46
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We have over 19 separate styles/themes for the forums which are winding up to be quite a bit of work to deal with. Ideally we can get them down to 5...
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Last post by donald
2022-11-03 04:57
Some forum threads don't honour personal style

Last post by dilberts_left_nut « 2022-10-31 09:28
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by ralph.ronnquist » 2022-10-28 06:01
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It appears that threads in the Sid's something or other forum ignores my theme selection.
Is that really necessary?
Or maybe it's done on purpose so...
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Last post by dilberts_left_nut
2022-10-31 09:28
[Suggestion] “ help and support “ section

Last post by Fossy « 2022-10-29 14:23
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by Fossy » 2022-10-29 11:30

I note that the categorys Beginners Questions & General Questions account for about 30,000 topics and 200,000 posts ... and therefore ask myself the...

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Last post by Fossy
2022-10-29 14:23
[Suggestion] Sid & Testing Lounge : ( new section ? ) (Now with a Poll)

Last post by milomak « 2022-10-28 19:56
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by Fossy » 2022-10-11 15:46
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For most of us using or switching to Debian as an operating system, the most obvious option is Debian stable .
It's bad enough that GNU/Linux...
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Last post by milomak
2022-10-28 19:56
[Forum] Slight compromise of the user permissions system. Reset planned for this weekend.

Last post by donald « 2022-10-22 23:32
Replies: 2
by donald » 2022-10-21 22:26

Earlier this morning the Registered Users group was granted permissions to the Global Moderators group . I take full responsibility for the error...

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2022-10-22 23:32
[Request] [Solved] Please restore orginal format of the forum's header

Last post by donald « 2022-10-21 09:33
Replies: 6
by Aki » 2022-10-19 19:51

Hello,
The main header of the forum has changed from its original size to an oversized format (see image attached).
It would be nice if it could be...

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Last post by donald
2022-10-21 09:33
Love the spirit of this forum

Last post by cynwulf « 2022-10-13 18:43
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by Segfault » 2022-09-24 02:12
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I started on Usenet over 30 years ago, learned my ropes there. I have been (and still am) member of many forums. Many of them have turned into...
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Last post by cynwulf
2022-10-13 18:43
[Forum] Forum update this weekend: 10/1/2022 - 10/3/2022 | Updates and Upgrades

Last post by donald « 2022-10-13 17:10
Replies: 35
by donald » 2022-09-27 21:10
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Greetings,

Our apologies for todays downtime of 20 minutes, we updated the forum server and then upgraded it to debian 11 bullseye (yay!):...
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Last post by donald
2022-10-13 17:10
[Feature] RSS Feeds ... we has it.

Last post by CwF « 2022-10-12 16:25
Replies: 3
by donald » 2022-10-10 09:14

Today, Debian User Forums strikes against the hegemony of social media despots and declares our sovereign ability to reach the masses via ATOM/RSS...

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Last post by CwF
2022-10-12 16:25
{SOLVED} [FEATURE] Thread Prefixes. We gets them.

Last post by donald « 2022-10-11 22:41
Replies: 1
by donald » 2022-10-11 22:32

Hi,

Over the next week we are going to TRY these neat thread Topic Prefixes.

When starting a thread there is a drop down that will list a prefix...

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Last post by donald
2022-10-11 22:41
Welcome Hallvor!

Last post by CwF « 2022-10-10 23:54
Replies: 7
by donald » 2022-10-10 07:46

Not sure if many of you have noticed that Hallvor has a new beautiful blue colour to their username, and a nifty rank and title which ... denotes...

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Last post by CwF
2022-10-10 23:54
RSS forum

Last post by arochester « 2022-10-08 09:02
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by mafsi » 2022-10-08 08:18

Where can I get a feed based on categories for this forum?

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Last post by arochester
2022-10-08 09:02
Forum search gives blank page.

Last post by geoffkaniuk « 2022-10-05 11:43
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by geoffkaniuk » 2022-09-28 17:33

I am running Mate 1.20.4 under Debian 10 Buster. Today I attempted to search in the forums. The search simply times out and delivers a blank page. I...

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Last post by geoffkaniuk
2022-10-05 11:43
Inserting images in forum

Last post by donald « 2022-09-14 03:33
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by compis3 » 2022-09-09 07:00

I have went to the site and it initially told me to install Debian I must pay but the site no longer shows this information. I went to this site from...

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Last post by donald
2022-09-14 03:33
Thank button feature question

Last post by Fossy « 2022-09-08 23:45
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by mm3100 » 2021-11-24 18:36

Hello there,
Since thanks button has been added to thank user who posted a reply I noticed that on some posts such function was absent.

I have seen...

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Last post by Fossy
2022-09-08 23:45
Forum & Community Conduct (amidst Policies that COULD be cited, if there were still opportunity)

Last post by donald « 2022-06-17 23:33
Replies: 10
by Aspis » 2022-06-06 23:50

Hello.

I would suggest that, I am not an extremely active member of Debian Forums, not actually, though recently I made a few posts within a couple...

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Last post by donald
2022-06-17 23:33
>>>>> Aqua Debian <<<<< Best Browser addon for this forum

Last post by TheyLive « 2022-06-04 15:50
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by TheyLive » 2022-04-06 11:58

Hi!

I made few changes for this forum via Aqua Debian Browser addon.

Firefox install:

Screenshot from 2022-04-14 17-04-50.png

Screenshot...

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Last post by TheyLive
2022-06-04 15:50
Criticizing Debian against the rules?

Last post by Fossy « 2022-05-03 16:00
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by maxb » 2021-11-11 21:07
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Is criticizing Debian against the rules of these forums?

Please explain why this topic's been closed:
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Last post by Fossy
2022-05-03 16:00
Debian logo aspect ratio

Last post by Onsemeliot « 2022-05-02 06:54
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by Head_on_a_Stick » 2022-04-29 11:13

The Debian logo on the forum header has an incorrect aspect ratio.

Current image:

Correct logo:

Please fix this, it's driving me ****ing...

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Last post by Onsemeliot
2022-05-02 06:54
Why is admin approval required for each post?

Last post by dilberts_left_nut « 2022-04-19 07:16
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by Debian_user4755! » 2022-04-19 05:24

Why is admin approval required for each single post and reply?

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Last post by dilberts_left_nut
2022-04-19 07:16
Lost menu

Last post by canci « 2022-04-16 11:31
Replies: 10
by TheyLive » 2022-04-05 13:54

It is very strange. There is empty menu. Only Board index shows.
When I enter topic also low sections must be shown. If topic in Forum information,...

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Last post by canci
2022-04-16 11:31
Problem Using Forum Search

Last post by ticojohn « 2022-01-18 21:51
Replies: 1
by 010101 » 2022-01-18 19:17

When I attempt to use the search, it will send me to a page that tells me that I can't search again for x seconds. When search results appear, and...

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Last post by ticojohn
2022-01-18 21:51
Scheduled Forum Software update planned for December 10, 2021.

Last post by shirish « 2021-12-29 20:46
Replies: 1
by donald » 2021-12-07 10:30

Scheduled Forum Software update planned for December 10, 2021.

We will be updating some backend and frontend software for the forums on December 10,...

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2021-12-29 20:46

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