Pretty good answers here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14489/why-would-someone-choose-freebsd-over-linux#14491 https://unix.stackexchange.com/questi

Pretty good answers here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14489/why-would-someone-choose-freebsd-over-linux#14491 https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14489/why-would-som... Some like the license more, some feel the cohesion is better, documentation is valued, sometimes it's more secure for the purpose.