Editing Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software (section)

==== 1.1 Download pfSense ====

'''pfSense'''’s website has unfortunately become [https://www.pfsense.org/download/ cancer] in recent years. While I am all for paying for software, the concept of having to add to cart, checkout, and insert billing information to download a free image… no. Avoid using this version of the website. Instead, [https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/ go here]. Feel free to buy it and pay for their support, but don’t jump through stupid hoops.

# Open your web browser and visit the [https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/ pfSense mirror site].
# Choose the correct architecture for your system (usually <code>amd64</code> for most modern computers, including Intel NUCs). If you don’t know what the difference is between these, pick <code>amd64</code>.
# Select the USB installer image (.img.gz) from the available options.

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