[alfiedotwtf]

> I remember why I chose linux in 1998 for my desktop, and would choose for my server. > > Features like SMP or journaling file systems were a bit late in FreeBSD

Yep, it was timing for me - the Asus BP6 allowed dual Celerons but only Windows 2000 and Linux 2.6 supported SMP. I was using FreeBSD at the time, but had to move because of hardware support.

But I wouldn't say it was hardware support alone - I think GNU/Linux won because of the licensing - FreeBSD not having a viral license would have turned people off contributing only to have their code distributed closed source by companies... that's my take anyway.