> I have been maintaining FreeBSD servers for 2 decades and would estimate the attention a machine needs at about 10% of what a Linux box needs. I was talking

> I have been maintaining FreeBSD servers for 2 decades and would estimate the attention a machine needs at about 10% of what a Linux box needs. I was talking with a longtime Linux security administrator about why he was converting much of his security stack over to OpenBSD and retiring his Linux security boxes in mass. Similar to what you mentioned, he estimated his maintenance needs for OpenBSD at 5-10% of equivalent Linux systems, and the increased security posture was gravy on top.