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For the 'best of both worlds' scenario, use Slackware Linux in place of FreeBSD.

Slackware is one of the very oldest Linuxes, and traditionally used a BSD-flavored 'init' system, rather than a System-V syle init, or even the newer 'systemd'. It has traditionally concentrated on being extremely stable, and more slanted towards server work, though I used it for many years as my main desktop.

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I would say it's more slanted towards desktop use than server use.

Generally you want to automate server management with some sort of config management. While possible with Slackware, it's easier with a Debian or Red Hat style system.

For a desktop Slackware is pretty nice. It's easy to understand and gets out of your way. I used it for over a decade until, one day, I realised I was tired of recompiling slackbuilds after each low level dependency upgrade.

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