I've been using FreeBSD since 1999 or so, and I love it, but not really for a desktop. On a server you can spend a lot of time dialing it in, building from sour

I've been using FreeBSD since 1999 or so, and I love it, but not really for a desktop. On a server you can spend a lot of time dialing it in, building from source, etc. and have a rock solid performant server, and in most cases it's worth it. On the desktop you can get a system that's basically the same as Linux but you will spend more time on updates and building stuff, and it will be harder to configure your hardware. If the philosophical differences between FreeBSD and Linux are important to you, it's worth it. Otherwise I'm not sure there are many advantages that make it worth the hassle. I have tried PC-BSD but haven't spent enough time with it to make a really solid conclusion about it.