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I later came to understand another reason why FreeBSD appeared more clear. It is a homogeneous system, not a patchwork of very different projects. This makes a world of difference, as a *specific* version of FreeBSD represents a *specific* version of base components (called "world") and kernel, offering up a complete system. World and kernel are all maintained by the same entity ([FreeBSD developers](https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributors/)) and, because of this, everything is consistent - from any options to the documentation and man pages. This delivers great value for users and guarantees a level of robustness and stability for the system.
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About development, specifically, FreeBSD is a good choice because it is POSIX compliant ; this is important if you want to produce portable code. Also, it is very easy to access source code for world, kernel and ports (third-party applications ported to FreeBSD). One can easily patch things and test the modifications, which is a bit harder on other systems where you would often have to install a dedicated source package to be able to patch it.
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FreeBSD is a good choice for developers because it is POSIX compliant. This is important if you want to produce portable code. Also, it is very easy to access source code for world, kernel and ports (third-party applications ported to FreeBSD). One can easily patch things and test the modifications, which is a bit harder on other systems where you would often have to install a dedicated source package to be able to patch it.
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Finally, the system is a pleasure to administrate and update. I think I have not reinstalled my machine since late 2000's, just performing upgrades since. Third-party applications can be easily installed and upgraded using binary packages, which was not the case when I started using FreeBSD.
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