It's not that hard to administrate if you understand rc init style scripting. Slackware uses it which prepared me greatly and Gentoo's OpenRC is nearly identical to BSDinit's frameworking.

It's all in the manual.

Easy doesn't always mean better. Just because Linux gets more attention doesn't mean it's more stable, secure, or better on any ground. BSD is developed as a whole world, no pun intended on how you rebuild it from source, to be a single entity with all parts designed to work on the whole. Why else would Sony Computer switch from using a Linux distribution on the PS2 and PS3 (OtherOS) to using FreeBSD 9.x as the base for the PS4's OS?

The devil remark was just teasing. I do administer my systems from command line since 1 year ago because i want to learn more. It just so happens i always used linux. In my usage bsd can be a drop in replacement, but not done with learning linux yet.

I am sure it is not that difficult, but it will require a lot of time on the books.

I just don't want to switch completely because the it part of my business doesn't bring in the money, so more time constraints, but bsd is something i want to get more comfortable with in the long run.

I aso think it is a great system. That is why my main router/firewall is based on freebsd. Pfsense, but that does not help much in terms of learning administration, but i have to say it is rock solid

Better is a relative term depending on your frame of reference. Linux does a much better job of marketing itself to the business community than the BSDs. I don't use Red Hat, but, there is no denying that it is very successful. I don't see any of the BSDs ever becoming a billion dollar company. Are there any BSD powered phones?
The BSDs need to do a better job of spreading the good word. If people, businesses don't care about the BSDs then growth will be slow. As you know I am a huge fan of the BSDs.

BSD is normally meant for high reliability, its packages are geared for serious work and more stable environments. I would use BSD for production and Linux for testing

FreeBSD got picked up by Sony so now we'll probably see more attention going into FreeBSD.

If Sony does use the BSD license, there's no guarantee they will contribute back to the BSD community because the license to give back is an option as I read and heard.

Good news. Hopefully Sony will help to develop FreeBSD and give a cash infusion (donations, etc.).

I agree. I do use linux more than any of the BSDs and it would be great to see more BSDs projects.

True but that is their choice, and their freedom to do so.

Well, there is one...

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/08/how...ntributed.html

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Indeed.

Yes, iOS is based of BSD just as OS-X is. DarwinOS is based on FreeBSD which is the foundation for iOS and OS-X.

You could even argue AndroidOS and Cyanogenmod both owe their existence to GNU/Linux that owes it's existence to 386/BSD. Direct or indirect, every modern OS owes a great deal to UNIX, including Windows and It's original concept, DOS.

Agreed. I would like to see OpenBSD and FreeBSD become more financially successful. Perhaps in time.

It was nice to see that anonymous benefactor bail out OpenBSD through BitCoin. It just goes to show that people value operating systems other than just Linux and GNU.

Not really anonymous, but yes, definitely a good thing. OpenBSD code benefits Linux, too.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/openbsd/