My personal reasons for running it (note, this is different from an argument to switch from Linux): 1) I've been running BSD since the mid-80s and haven't felt the need or desire to change. Works for me. 2) Ports: everything on my system is built from source, and the ports framework makes that "just work". I like that I can debug and fix anything on my system. 3) Simplicity: I still feel as though I can understand everything that is happening. There aren't too many system processes. 4) ZFS 5) The community mailing lists are pretty helpful, as a general rule.
Security seems OK. There's a security officer and security announcements and security updates, as you would hope from a well-engineered system. Performance seems OK. Goes as fast as the hardware, although the v13 announcement suggests that there might be some useful improvements even so. Stability seems great. Holds up under load. Doesn't go down. Pretty much what it's supposed to do.
So: my reasons may not be reasons to shift from a Linux distro...
Good reasons to switch? (Score:2)
I run Mint at home and it does what I need, but I'm curious what advantages there might be to switching to FreeBSD.
What might be some compelling reasons why someone would use or switch to FreeBSD from another Linux distro? Security, performance, stability...?
Re:Good reasons to switch? (Score:3)
My personal reasons for running it (note, this is different from an argument to switch from Linux):
1) I've been running BSD since the mid-80s and haven't felt the need or desire to change. Works for me.
2) Ports: everything on my system is built from source, and the ports framework makes that "just work". I like that I can debug and fix anything on my system.
3) Simplicity: I still feel as though I can understand everything that is happening. There aren't too many system processes.
4) ZFS
5) The community mailing lists are pretty helpful, as a general rule.
Security seems OK. There's a security officer and security announcements and security updates, as you would hope from a well-engineered system.
Performance seems OK. Goes as fast as the hardware, although the v13 announcement suggests that there might be some useful improvements even so.
Stability seems great. Holds up under load. Doesn't go down. Pretty much what it's supposed to do.
So: my reasons may not be reasons to shift from a Linux distro...