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whosaysni

ashugg

Erik

xhae

daniellindsley

jcarbaugh

tpherndon

larry

macmichael01

ntoll

bitprophet

otherchirps

claytron

tlesher

gklein

bkmontgomery

brosner

floyd

foomor

cstejerean

Kanru

jma

Josh

brutasse

nsmgr8

ranman

mikl

CerealBoy

eddymul

thaostra

williamcomartin

bocke

greyfade

whosaysni - 32 years

ashugg - 1 years

Erik - 27 years

xhae - 6 years

daniellindsley - 25 years

jcarbaugh - 3 years

tpherndon - 3 years

larry - 24 years

macmichael01 - 23 years

ntoll - 2 years

bitprophet - 4 years

otherchirps - 2 years

claytron - 22 years

tlesher - 3 years

gklein - 21 years

bkmontgomery - 2 years

brosner - 21 years

floyd - 21 years

foomor - 1 years

cstejerean - 2 years

Kanru - 20 years

jma - 20 years

Josh - 19 years

brutasse - 19 years

nsmgr8 - 1 years

ranman - 18 years

mikl - 17 years

CerealBoy - 3 years

eddymul - 16 years

thaostra - 16 years

williamcomartin - 3 years

bocke - 13 years

greyfade - 10 years

whosaysni

1993–

I love it!

ashugg

1997

I tried it, didn't like the OS so much or the community.

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2000–2005

2001–2003

2001–2003

FreeBSD powered the web server I ran from my bedroom during college.

larry

2001–

bitprophet

2002–2005

Have tinkered with FBSD for very limited periods throughout the mid 2000s. Definitely the most desktop friendly of the BSD family.

ntoll

2002–2003

Ran it "for fun" during my MSc

macmichael01

2002–

claytron

2003–

Where I learned how to administer a machine :)

otherchirps

2003–2004

tlesher

2003–2005

Flirted with it for a while because its ACPI drivers supported my horribly broken laptop better than the Linux kernel did.

brosner

2004–

Played around with FreeBSD on old hardware in spare time.

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2004–2005

Spent about a year trying freebsd as a desktop os.

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My favourite server OS.

CerealBoy

2008–2010

eddymul

2009–

thaostra

2009–

Liked it more than Debian because of the community and thorough documentation, along with a well thought-out package and ports system. Still, it doesn't seem to fit as a desktop.

2009–2011

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2015–

I've dabbled.

FreeNAS is more than a little awesome.