Re:Is there any real uses for it? (Score 1)

I think so. For FreeBSD, having ZFS integrated into the base system is a pretty big advantage. It’s really simple to have ZFS on root, and it makes for a hell of a NAS server. Jails are relatively simple to set up, and bhyve is also a pretty powerful hypervisor. There’s a few different choices of firewalls, including (an admittedly older fork) of OpenBSD’s pf. None of this requires any additional packages, all of it is a part of a standard installation. The system is simple enough to understand and maintain without any fancy tools or web UIs. The other BSDs also have their advantages. OpenBSD makes for a great router (see https://openbsdrouterguide.net...) and has the best open source documentation that I have ever read. NetBSD runs on pretty much anything, including my old 486DX box.