Is FreeBSD faster than Linux?

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https://www.quora.com/Is-FreeBSD-faster-than-Linux
Yes, FreeBSD is faster than Linux. Yet, Linux is faster than FreeBSD. So it depends on what you’re talking about. The TL;DR version is: FreeBSD has lower latency, and Linux has faster application speeds.
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These two statements (FreeBSD has lower latency; Linux has more raw power) have been true for two decades now. But they may change just a bit soon! There are some “BSD-inspired” networking improvements to Linux starting with the 4.16 kernel. Facebook has in fact employed engineers for the sole purpose of trying to get Linux up to speed with FreeBSD for the web, and some parts of 4.16 are the fruits of their labors.
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bsd does feel lighter and faster than linux BUT it does not hold true for boot times, it's also not as easy to setup as a linux distro and does not have the same amount of apps available compared to linux. That said I'm a fan of NetBSD & OpenBSD.
 
Is BSD still ahead of GNU/Linux in terms of networking?
 
gfmalan said:
I don’t have facts at hand, but I feel that way.
pfSense is based on FreeBSD and on this forum pfSense have big support
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Yeah, those were my thoughts as well. I'm also running pfSense.
 
ponder said:
bsd does feel lighter and faster than linux BUT it does not hold true for boot times, it's also not as easy to setup as a linux distro and does not have the same amount of apps available compared to linux. That said I'm a fan of NetBSD & OpenBSD.
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But you never need to reboot...

In fact on any OS I don’t see why boot times should matter.
 
I bought an 860 Evo the other day,5 seconds to windows screen and then 5 seconds to load everything up.Amazing.
 
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