Comment by shevy-java

I can not answer the other questions; for me Linux worked and works better. But that statement here:

> Do I have to trust random people for ports of software that runs natively on Linux, or port it myself?

This is a bit problematic in my opinion because ultimately we have to trust all who write open source code. This works well for the most part but there are malicious actors too. See the xz backdoor as example. Or various state actors who want to sniff after people. Age verification is the current attempt to sniff for people data, trying to push legislation by claiming "this is only to protect children" (while it has some interesting side effects, e. g. becoming a stepping stone for anyone wanting to sniff user data and relay this).

> FreeBSD seems good so far, but community and ecosystem are important.

Well, there are many more Linux users. Whether that is better or worse ... but it is a fact too.