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It seems to me most of the critique against FreeBSD is how relatively clunky it is on the desktop, compared to Linux(or MacOS). I use both FreeBSD and Linux on the desktop.

I have been a happy FreeBSD user for 25 years. It is a FAR SUPERIOR server operating system compared to the rest.

Similar or usually the case more flexibility than Linux due to the excellent ports system that lets you finely tune what you install and the equally excellent binary package system(pkg), while at the same time, base is stable.

No ons is dicking around with the basic system tools, they just keep getting fine tuned.

I would guess 10-30 years down the line we will have an excellent BSD desktop.





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