So I’m about to get a new laptop (likely 13th gen intel) since my current one is breaking down. Currently I run Arch Linux on my device and is looking into FreeBSD or OpenBSD as the OS. Mainly because once I tried to look into the Linux kernel and can’t believe the amount of spaghetti in it. I’ve read a little bit of Free and OpenBSD kernels. They look a lot nicer. And I travel a bit with my laptop to visit a few infosec conferences. I hear the BSDs have a more solid kernel then Linux (I know BSDs are OSs).
I’m use my laptop to browse the internet, remote into my boxes to code and email. And I tried to use both in VM and feels ok with them.
Can experienced BSD users share some pitfalls and why or why not to use BSD?
I use it for desktops and servers. It’s rock solid, small (compared to Linux) and performant.
I wouldn’t use it if you like to run windows games or software, and sometimes hardware support can be sketchy. I’ve been lucky.
Try it out.