I got into BSD around the late 1990s. At the time, Linux distros like the famous Red Hat 5 series, SUSE and Caldera were touting the ease of install with graphi

I got into BSD around the late 1990s. At the time, Linux distros like the famous Red Hat 5 series, SUSE and Caldera were touting the ease of install with graphical GUIs and X windows environments. I tried them all but found that I wasn't learning how to actually use the terminal commands or understand the startup scripts or filesystem very well. I then tried the BSDs and finally felt like I was beginning to understand how everything fit together and appreciated the whole system architecture better. Man pages were detailed and precise. Ports and packages were a breeze to install. For me, it made all the difference. I settled on OpenBSD for the security emphasis and my first project was to install a proper firewall for my office. It was a joy to setup. Config files were simple and clear. The firewall itself was incredibly powerful (since superseded by the even better PF https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/). I haven't looked back ever since. Whenever I have to work in a Linux environment, I shudder at the number of processes running, the confusing filesystem decisions of each distro, the poor Man pages and the behemoth that is systemd. I really wish BSDs got more attention and support from developers and users. They really are fantastic operating systems, each with their own particular specialisations (NetBSD - portability, OpenBSD - security, FreeBSD - general purpose, DragonflyBSD - clustering, SMP). Also, obligatory User Friendly strip link: http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99mar/19990320.html http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99mar/19990320...