My first unix like system was FreeBSD. I then moved to Linux because it is more widely used and supported. I still have a sweet spot though for FreeBSD. The ma

My first unix like system was FreeBSD. I then moved to Linux because it is more widely used and supported. I still have a sweet spot though for FreeBSD. The main reason is that they have figured out the perfect balance of how much to include without being overwhelming. It is also a great learning system because FreeBSD forces you to understand all the pieces of *nix.