This seem a lot like an uneducated rant then anything helpful. I have used freeBSD as my mail computer for years and it has been rock solid.
1. You do not need to compile everything. You can add packages easily, but compiling is as easy as typing "make install" 2. FreeBSD is far more secure then Linux and windows. There is a reason that major ISPs use an OS like FreeBSD, Not nearly the amount of bugs that are found in Linux and Windows. And it is far more stable. (Try reading about it) 3. FreeBSD is a Complete operating system, Unlike Linux which is a kernel that is packaged with someones distribution i.e. Red Hat. Free BSD is the whole system and it is so damn good that most Linux distros take large chunks of the code. 4. Every time I have personally compared the speed of applications running on FreeBSD to Linux (on the same machine) FreeBSD has been the winner. 5. BSD is the best operating system to run a network server like apache, or exim. Believe it. It's true. There is a reason yahoo runs on it. I have been a part of ten ISPs now and ALL of them have used *BSD for critical servers.
The fact is that the BSDs are geared towards being servers. So people who can actually run a server usually set them up. This means a cute GUI installer that holds your hand has not really been needed. I think many of the Linux users would really like FreeBSD and I for one would love to see more desktop hand-holding in FreeBSD
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This seem a lot like an uneducated rant then anything helpful.
I have used freeBSD as my mail computer for years and it has been rock solid.
1. You do not need to compile everything. You can add packages easily, but compiling is as easy as typing "make install"
2. FreeBSD is far more secure then Linux and windows. There is a reason that major ISPs use an OS like FreeBSD, Not nearly the amount of bugs that are found in Linux and Windows. And it is far more stable. (Try reading about it)
3. FreeBSD is a Complete operating system, Unlike Linux which is a kernel that is packaged with someones distribution i.e. Red Hat. Free BSD is the whole system and it is so damn good that most Linux distros take large chunks of the code.
4. Every time I have personally compared the speed of applications running on FreeBSD to Linux (on the same machine) FreeBSD has been the winner.
5. BSD is the best operating system to run a network server like apache, or exim. Believe it. It's true. There is a reason yahoo runs on it. I have been a part of ten ISPs now and ALL of them have used *BSD for critical servers.
The fact is that the BSDs are geared towards being servers. So people who can actually run a server usually set them up. This means a cute GUI installer that holds your hand has not really been needed.
I think many of the Linux users would really like FreeBSD and I for one would love to see more desktop hand-holding in FreeBSD