İs FreeBSD good?

FreeBSD should probably be the end goal for any computer user. But you should have specific needs to get there.

The learning progression should probably be Windows -> Linux -> FreeBSD.

Don't switch from Windows unless there's something you just can't do on Windows but can do easily on Linux. (I.e. no good granular firewall on Windows)

Don't switch from Linux unless you have a very specific strong must-have where Linux fails. (I.e no pf firewall to do networking things easier)

But one should definitely dabble in new things. Sometimes exposure to new things that you don't even understand yet will educate your decision-making much better in the future.
 
loveydovey said:
FreeBSD should probably be the end goal for any computer user. But you should have specific needs to get there.

The learning progression should probably be Windows -> Linux -> FreeBSD.

Don't switch from Windows unless there's something you just can't do on Windows but can do easily on Linux. (I.e. no good granular firewall on Windows)

Don't switch from Linux unless you have a very specific strong must-have where Linux fails. (I.e no pf firewall to do networking things easier)

But one should definitely dabble in new things. Sometimes exposure to new things that you don't even understand yet will educate your decision-making much better in the future.
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I would recommend switching from Windows to FreeBSD. The handbook is great and the system is stable. I wouldn't recommend using Linux at all in between a switch from Windows to a Unix-like system. Many Linux systems have serious stability issues and the communities of Linux, in my experience, are far less helpful than you will find in FreeBSD Forums. The majority of Linux also use SystemD and that is a poor introduction to a Unix-like system. I would, in fact, recommend a Macintosh over Linux.

I would say as long as you don't have any issues with reading the handbook or following instructions and have a good grasp of how to utilize the forums you should be good to switch.
 
rcbsdpge said:
The question should be is FreeBSD the best operating system of all of the BSD’s.

If AI discussions bothers anyone in the FreeBSD community check out how to fire up FreeBSD on Windows in Hyper-V in under 5 minutes

Thread 'A 4th way to "Try FreeBSD in Under Five Minutes" (Hyper-V)'
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/a-4th-way-to-try-freebsd-in-under-five-minutes-hyper-v.98058/
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That's a somewhat tougher question, it's all going to depend on what the purpose is. FreeBSD clearly isn't better on Sega Dreamcast than NetBSD is. Most of the time, the correct answer is to load whatever it is up in a VM and see. That should settle the stuff other than driver related questions.
 
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