[vehemenz]

> FreeBSD is a bit like Linux was in the early 2000s, it mostly works but you often have to dive into a shell for some magic.

Which, ironically, is what Linux users have been saying for ages with respect to Windows, but the market share speaks for itself.

[broken-kebab]

I don't get what they have been ironically saying. Direct reading suggests it's that Linux is like Windows in 2000 but it doesn't make sense to me, I never heard a comparison like that.

[MisterTea]

You need to take into account all the anti-competitive shenanigans MS pulled.