I'm using freebsd for about half a year now (practically no experience with Linux) and I'm liking it. Main reason was that I couldn't get my DSL-modem running under either Debian or RedHat - I installed it in FreeBSD and it worked like a charm.

Right now, I'm using it only in console mode to run some servers and services (natd, ftpd, ut, ssh, apache). Works for me.