Here's another good article re: Linux vs. BSD:

http://www.h-i-r.net/2009/05/holy-war-bsd-vs-linux.html

The urge for trying new things never stop: I am now installing gentoo and at some point in the next week I plan to try FreeBSD 10 too. And since I am feeling brave I am not using a VM.

Already snagging a copy of FreeBSD 10 to use with a new workstation at the office. Should be promising.

I've been running FreeBSD for ages. Methinks it was 5.1 when I installed it first.
However, I'm using it as a source-based OS. When I install it I do the minimal base install, then I set up make.conf to fit my hardware, rebuild world and kernel with custom configuration, reboot and start installing from ports.

PC-BSD is a good starting point for someone wanting to learn FreeBSD the easy way. It's a very solid distribution.

Agreed. It is FreeBSD with a very well done graphical front-end. Absolutely first rate. I've run it a few times and I was impressed.

Yes, but once you've learned enough from PCBSD, transitioning to FreeBSD should be easy.

FreeBSD is a bit more customizable though both share near similar repositories and ports.

NetBSD 6.1.3 + openbox

FreeBSD, fluxbox, fluxter and asbutton

OpenBSD with i3. Still tweaking and configuring...

MORE: http://vermaden.deviantart.com/art/F...eadm-435667867

really nice

OpenBSD 5.5 (snapshot) with Gnome 3.

^ Ah, very nice! I have been meaning to do exactly this all week, and haven't gotten around to it yet. How are you liking 5.5 with Gnome 3.10.2?

I have a problem with suspend/resume, but other than that, it seems pretty solid. This is my first try with Gnome 3+, so I'm still playing with it. You need graphics that the inteldrm or radeondrm driver support -- my first attempt was on a crappy little nettop box that wasn't supported.