This may be my memory being incorrect, so take it with a grain of salt.
I remember when Ubuntu came out. Lots of people tried it, for fun, for whatever. Regular Linux users who had used Gentoo (or a BSD) had gotten married, had kids, didn't have time, so would use Ubuntu, which most of the time, just worked. Not perfect of course, but it made it a lot easier.
As I remember it, this was part of the beginning of hardware and software vendors putting a bit more effort into getting things working with Linux. So, it used Gnome, there were lots of other deskops, it wasn't ready to compete with Windows or Apple, but it made it a LOT easier to get Linux working with your hardware and software. Therefore if TrueOS, or GhostBSD or any of them, has somewhat similar success, although we'd probably have to work around newcomer-aimed things that got put into it, it would probably make it less difficult to find laptops (or other hardware) that worked with FreeBSBD. Another factor (one of those things I vaguely remember reading, I never tried to verify it or anything, so almost certainly one person's opinion) was that Mr. Shuttleworth had already shown he could fit in the business world, so the fact that it was him trying to get these hardware and software vendors to support Ubuntu was also a factor.
I remember when Ubuntu came out. Lots of people tried it, for fun, for whatever. Regular Linux users who had used Gentoo (or a BSD) had gotten married, had kids, didn't have time, so would use Ubuntu, which most of the time, just worked. Not perfect of course, but it made it a lot easier.
As I remember it, this was part of the beginning of hardware and software vendors putting a bit more effort into getting things working with Linux. So, it used Gnome, there were lots of other deskops, it wasn't ready to compete with Windows or Apple, but it made it a LOT easier to get Linux working with your hardware and software. Therefore if TrueOS, or GhostBSD or any of them, has somewhat similar success, although we'd probably have to work around newcomer-aimed things that got put into it, it would probably make it less difficult to find laptops (or other hardware) that worked with FreeBSBD. Another factor (one of those things I vaguely remember reading, I never tried to verify it or anything, so almost certainly one person's opinion) was that Mr. Shuttleworth had already shown he could fit in the business world, so the fact that it was him trying to get these hardware and software vendors to support Ubuntu was also a factor.