I use FreeBSD as my desktop workstation and an old thinkpad laptop, and the only thing I miss is flash support, although it helps me to stay focus on work:)
Personally I don't see great differences compared with other linux (slackware, gentoo, debian, fedora), but every person is different. I use it for near two years developing java/scala/groovy applications. I agree you need to invest time reading the documentation, as unfortunately sometimes we want to force the operating system to do stuff the way we want instead of the way it was designed to be.
It is also true that I was a competent linux user before I moved to FreeBSD.
Despite the lack of support for some hardware, it is important to remember that it is supported by a community, not a company, and you can always help them to improve it: it is open source.
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I use FreeBSD as my desktop workstation and an old thinkpad laptop, and the only thing I miss is flash support, although it helps me to stay focus on work :)
Personally I don't see great differences compared with other linux (slackware, gentoo, debian, fedora), but every person is different. I use it for near two years developing java/scala/groovy applications. I agree you need to invest time reading the documentation, as unfortunately sometimes we want to force the operating system to do stuff the way we want instead of the way it was designed to be.
It is also true that I was a competent linux user before I moved to FreeBSD.
Despite the lack of support for some hardware, it is important to remember that it is supported by a community, not a company, and you can always help them to improve it: it is open source.
I agree, Linux Mint is friendly newbie.