Yes FreeBSD does generally benchmark lower than Linux. The BSDs typically prefer correctness and maintainability to aggressive micro optimizations. There’s no

Yes FreeBSD does generally benchmark lower than Linux. The BSDs typically prefer correctness and maintainability to aggressive micro optimizations. There’s nothing wrong with either approach, but I can usually follow FreeBSDs code much easier than I can GNU coreutils or the Linux kernel for example. The BSDs also have excellent documentation. Every utility, kernel module, and system configuration file have robust man pages.