I think that a lot of this depends on whether you want to run a desktop or server - a lot of comparisons focus on how Linux/FreeBSD compare as a user workstatio

I think that a lot of this depends on whether you want to run a desktop or server - a lot of comparisons focus on how Linux/FreeBSD compare as a user workstation. To be honest I wouldn't recommend anyone use FreeBSD as a desktop/laptop OS but if you want a 'production' server there is a lot to be said for simplicity and avoiding too many 'clever' features.