Hi all and welcome back to the channel um  slight change of pace today not going to  do a technical one um so what  I thought I’d do was just list  the five reasons that I would use FreeBSD over  another operating system like uh windows or  Linux or macOS I think that's the  main three so the first one to me  is that the FreeBSD handbook is absolutely  amazing if you've had ever had a look at it,  it is just completely phenomenal check  it out it's well worth read it's massive  some parts need updating admittedly  but overall great place to start  it's just it's brilliant it's all encompassing  it goes through all the details that you need  to look at so creating users um initial install  adding disks stuff that I’ve covered in my videos  plus a lot more including routing and networking  firewalling you name it it's probably there and  it is just a phenomenal resource well worth taking  a look as I say it's well worth reading through um  at least to the, the parts that you need to  have a look at number two and quite a big one  I know this can be a problem  with other operating systems that  to get decent genuine support you will need to  pay for it FreeBSD’s support from the community is  amazing a few years back um when I was maintaining  some ports for FreeBSD the amount of support and  encouragement that I got from the FreeBSD ports  committers was again it genuinely was amazing umgoing along with the handbook and the support  from the FreeBSD community on the forums  and mailing lists you can get help  at almost any time you need it  it's just it's an all-encompassing community  it really is they look out for each other umand it just it's quite amazing um number three  is the ports tree and packages now FreeBSD  has some 38 480 odd pieces of software in its  ports tree um the ports tree is really good  to check out because it allows you to add  custom options when compiling the softwarewhereas when using packages you're using the  defaults that somebody else has deemed correct  which is not always the case they usually  generally are a good set of defaults um but  oftentimes you'll find that you'll need to  recompile the software for your own specific  use which is why I prefer to use ports tree rather  than packages well actually what I’d like to do  is set up a portrait build system and set up  all the options that I need and install from  packages that way at least I know it's all set  up and optimized for my system I love that about  FreeBSD I don't think there's any other operating  system that offers that kind of functionality  it's just incredible I find that extremely  useful and I love FreeBSD for that um number four  number four is the network stack FreeBSD’s  network is synonymous with stability  and performance it runs on almost anything from  a bait bean can up to high-end servers it and it  just runs and runs and runs and the networking  stack is to give you an idea of how good it is  many operating systems out there have  actually taken that code base and used it  including macOS and certain parts  of the windows networking stacker  are based on FreeBSD’s network stack so that will  give you an idea of just how good the networking  stack is on FreeBSD I’ve never run into  a problem with networking on FreeBSD  ever apart from when once I had a network card  die on me um I’ve been using FreeBSD since version4.8 4.7 and like I say never had a problem  with networking it's just a rock solidthe good thing about the networking  stack on FreeBSD is it's staying  current as well so if you've got  your 10 or 100 gig network cards  SFP plus SFP you name it you can throw  it in there and it will just run um  there's a reason why pfSense is built  on top of FreeBSD and I’m pretty sure  it's because of the network stack um  yeah it's just rock solid performance is  amazing and then number five it's a complete  operating system okay this is technically not  alone in that department there are many  operating systems out there that are you know  a complete operating system macOS Windows they're  complete operating systems um but I’m not gonnayou're right there dog he's having fun um  I’m not gonna get into a starting a flame war  um I’m not gonna mention the other os that is  not an operating system just a kernel we all  know which one it is and I don't want to get into  he said she said this is better that is better  I don't work with that principle I try  to use the tool that is right for the job  which is why my desktop is not FreeBSD for anybody  who was wondering my desktop is windows 11 purely  for convenience I’m not the only one that uses it  um my wife likes to use it if I was to put FreeBSD  on the desktop should probably have a bit of a  heart attack and wonder what was going on um so I  like to just keep windows as my desktop and I can  ssh in or vnc into a FreeBSD box if I need to and  that works great for me you know I get to use the  production tools that I like for these videos so  adobe premiere or Davinci resolve all  works great on windows 99 of the time  stability aside on adobe premiere but we won't  go into that um so yeah the FreeBSD complete  operating system unlike some of the others you can  just download the one iso turn it to a usb disk  and I should probably show you guys how to do  that one day um and then just put it into your  box boot from it install and it's job done um  there you go guys that that is my five reasons  for using FreeBSD and why it works so well for  me um you know obviously from your point of view  you may have different reasons and they are  perfectly as valid as mine you know everybody  has different reasons for different things and  that's great and that's what makes things so good  and to be honest with you we need all of the  operating systems in the world that we've got  because they each lead to developments on the  others you know they push each other along what  goes into one generally makes it into the others  in some form or another and it just drives on that  creativity so it drives on in innovation having  other operating systems around so we need that  you know I don't want to  see one operating system go  there are times when I’ve used Linux and I’ve  enjoyed using it I especially like mint andkali Linux I enjoy both of  those for various reasonsI enjoy using windows and making sure it's up  to date I like playing with windows server and  active directory it's what I did in my job until I  left it recently so yeah I don't believe in using  one thing exclusively I don't think that's the  right way forward but again if that's how you  think that that's perfectly valid there's  no reason why you shouldn't do it that way  um if it works for you it works for you  don't let anybody tell you differently  um so there you go guys that that's my uh my  thoughts on why FreeBSD works for me specifically  um be interested to hear your thoughts and  comments on it so if you've got other ideas  please put them in the comments down below I  like reading them um and I try to answer them  all if I can um but yeah let us know if you've  got a preference on or why you like FreeBSD  more than other os is if that's the case very  interested to hear um if you found this useful  please give me a thumbs up and please subscribe  like the video and come back for more take care