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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/06/24 13:22, Ed Maste wrote: > Our installer asks (via tzsetup): > >> Is this machine's CMOS clock set to UTC? If it is set to local time, >> or you don't know, please choose NO here! > > I've heard many reports of new users being confused by this question > when installing FreeBSD for the first time. I don't think it provides > much value; it is a minor convenience for dual-booting with Windows > but imposes a cost on everyone installing FreeBSD. It is trivial to > configure the system to use local time in the system's real-time clock > by creating /etc/wall_cmos_clock. Other operating systems do not ask, > they just default to local time (Windows) or UTC (everyone else). > > I've proposed removing the question from bsdinstall in > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45569. +1 for this removal -- Renato Botelho