   FreeBSD vs. OpenBSD vs. NetBSD
  Yeah, I want to know which one I''ll be better off with. I hear NetBSD is multi-platform, can even run on a PlayStation 2. So like,  I need to compare before I actually select the one I''m gonna download. 
  You collossal idiot. You just ask us to pick one?Fine. *gets a quarter*Round 1. Free (H) vs Open (T)H T H T T   - Open wins.Round 2. Net (H) vs Free (T)H T H H x   - Net wins.Round 3. Open (H) vs Net (T)H T T H H   - Open wins.There you have it, folks. OpenBSD is obviously the superior choice. Mr. Quarter sez so. ;  FreeBSD = General usage, more x86 hardware supportNetBSD = Most portable, to a bunch of platformsOpenBSD = Most secure, paranoid levelThe question is what are you going to be doing with it?  That should help you decide. ;  If this is your first foray into the BSD world, I would suggest FreeBSD, but only if you have some Linux experince (do not use FreeBSD as your first POSIX system).Once you are familar with how BSD generally runs, you can and should get OpenBSD. ;  I use OpenBSD for firewalls and FreeBSD for web/app servers & everything else... ;  Ah.. I''m already downloading NetBSD. Smallest download so far  Bah! Not an excuse. But anyway, I compared it to FreeBSD and it seems good IMO. OpenBSD doesn''t look as user-friendly Free/NetBSD. LOL. I''m not s''posed to expect user friendliness from any of the UNIX variants, heh ;quote:Original post by liquidAir  I''m not s''posed to expect user friendliness from any of the UNIX variants, heh Which is actually a great big shame...Oh, well, there''s always OS X. 