Which do you prefer, Linux or BSD?

router: freebsd (opnsense/pfsense)
some server things: openbsd
daily driver / most server things: linux

I like both. Linux is a lot easier to use in daily use since its more widely used, but FreeBSD has a surprisingly large package repository

I would consider them pretty similar, the main difference in my experience is hardware support. Linux works with almost everything, while BSD can have quite limited support for things like network cards or newer hardware. Though I'm not sure if only really being able to use Intel NICs and LSI SAS cards is still up-to-date.

Now that ZFS is mature on Linux, I don't have any reason to use BSD any more, and if I need something very lightweight, Alpine Linux seems like a better choice. But if you prefer something less "corporate" than Linux, then BSD is definitely a good option, since I don't believe any of the big cloud companies use it much especially now that TrueNAS switched off it.

Linux is my preferred choice because the community is pretty big now. Even government are rolling out their windows and replace them with linux. But if you know your stuff BSD is pretty cool too.

@sepia

My favorite Linux system is Arch (I heard it's fun). I'm still a beginner, though. I feel Arch's interface is something Debian can't match. Gentoo is another option; I've only used it three times, but I think its compilation and flexibility are great. As for BSD, I've only used FreeBSD. I installed KDE, but BSD drivers weren't great for my graphics card, and some software compatibility wasn't good either, so I switched back to Linux.

@fantuan Can't really say I like Linux in general, but I do love one specific distro (MX). I do really enjoy BSD though. Only problem is I'm not too familiar yet with it or comfortable to use it for my daily driver. Taking the easy route currently, just installed Ghost on a spare laptop, until I feel I can work with FreeBSD properly

I use linux, but I won't use a SystemD based distro. I use gentoo on my miners, void for most other machines. I've considered slackware but never got into it, I appreciate its longevity but the package manager lacks some features I've come to take for granted. I've always wanted to try CRUX and PCLinuxOS but never got around to them.

Gentoo takes some pretty strong inspiration from BSD, and I believe CRUX is also BSD inspired.

https://without-systemd.org/wiki/index_php/Linux_distributions_without_systemd/