I've been using FreeNAS and PfSense for years which are great performing servers with practically zero downtime other than patches and reboots. FreeBSD is geared towards as server platform and rightfully so. To make it into a desktop not so much. I rather they focus less bloat and keeping performance high in FreeBSD than trying to support the desktop apps to muck things up. Leave the desktop to Linux as it's more supported by the community.
Microsoft did the same thing with their Windows Server installs. Just install the "core" without the desktop GUI and it will run longer without reboots and less time to download and install security updates.
Sadly: it's all about the apps (Score:2)
Sadly, when Linux apps start requiring systemd, the BSDs will be nearly useless. It will happen, we all know it.
As it is:
FreeBSD has no dropbox client.
You cannot count on FreeBSD to run the latest version of LibreOffice, or anything else. Often, Linux apps will not run at all.
Not as many drivers as Linux, but that is less of a problem.
For now, at least, FreeBSD might make a good server.
Re:Sadly: it's all about the apps (Score:2)
I've been using FreeNAS and PfSense for years which are great performing servers with practically zero downtime other than patches and reboots. FreeBSD is geared towards as server platform and rightfully so. To make it into a desktop not so much. I rather they focus less bloat and keeping performance high in FreeBSD than trying to support the desktop apps to muck things up. Leave the desktop to Linux as it's more supported by the community.
Microsoft did the same thing with their Windows Server installs. Just install the "core" without the desktop GUI and it will run longer without reboots and less time to download and install security updates.