> All the reasons to prefer FreeBSD (network & VM performance, stability, security, etc) are no longer clear advantages when compared to contemporary Linux. Re

> All the reasons to prefer FreeBSD (network & VM performance, stability, security, etc) are no longer clear advantages when compared to contemporary Linux. Really? Why don't you think stability and security are important? What about consistency of interface between tools in a single system, and adherence to expectations of standard tools that make sense to the user (e.g., man pages instead of GNU Info pages, which are slowly creeping into Linux-based systems everywhere I look)? I'm afraid I have to disagree with this estimation. In fact, the more time that passes, and the more the biggest Linux distributions are those that pander to people with expectations grown in the MS Windows ecosystem, the more the benefits of FreeBSD over Linux distributions grow. I suppose your mileage may vary, though. > Also, the Gentoo crowd seems to be similar, at least in spirit, to the FreeBSD folks. While they don't have the same deep integration of kernel & environment, they do have the same values when it comes to clean aesthetics and keeping up-to-date with packaged software. . . . but not when it comes to stability, from what I have seen.