Don't get me wrong, but I can't see why anyone should use something except mainstream OS like Linux? Taking into account that fact what OS is no interest for people itself, it's just a platform for applications.
Everyone said the same in the 90's...but about Windows.
>Taking into account that fact what OS is no interest for people itself
True but for the dev's and admin's its pretty much the most important thing to have a good base.
Maybe ask Netflix or Whatsapp (before FB) why the chose FreeBSD?
>sysadmins, I don't see much job openings
That is the HR 'coolness' Factor, often they don't even know what a DevOp is but i find alone in Switzerland 304 alone on one platform:
https://www.jobs.ch/de/stellenangebote/informatik-telekommun...
And 668 devop's:
https://www.jobs.ch/de/stellenangebote/?term=devop
But if you read the description of the jobs its mostly pure System-administration with a grain of Jenkins and Orchestration...as if that's not pure Administration.
OpenBSD makes me happy, bought a Thinkpad for the occasion and it runs great.
A) Use the simplest possible solution, from a technical perspective. Right now for me, that's Pop!_OS, but I fully intend to move to BSD/Void/Alpine on my next machine.
B) Use what works with the right amount of effort. For many people, this is Linux/Windows/Mac, why not a different BSD as well?
Also, how is Linux any more mainstream then BSD? cough Darwin cough
A) Programming my own stuff, in which case I see that as a benefit, because it forces me to write portable code.
B) Managing servers, in which case it won't matter.
I do have some experience with it on a side laptop, and I quite enjoyed it.
That being said, the warning you brought up could certainly screw up many workflows, so thank you for the heads up.
For instance, take a peak of what Netflix has accomplished (200Gbps of TLS from single server). I'd wager that Windows Server could not be optimized to the same degree.
https://2019.eurobsdcon.org/slides/NUMA%20Optimizations%20in...