Results from the 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey Report

The FreeBSD Foundation has announcedthe 2024FreeBSD Community Survey Report. The report provides a summary of1,446 responses to an anonymous online survey of FreeBSD users. Itprovides insights into user profiles, typical usage, how the FreeBSDproject is viewed, as well as recommendations for expanding theFreeBSD community and contributor base:

Currently fewer than half of users consider FreeBSD their dailydriver; Individuals are less likely than Corporate Users to considerFreeBSD primary. The barrier seems to be less about software and moreabout hardware support, particularly around Wi-Fi drivers (which areat the top of the wish list for the Foundation to focus on in thecoming year). A relatively high number of those who don't considerFreeBSD their main OS say they would consider doing so with hardwaresupport for desktops and laptops that was equivalent to Linux.

The rawdata for the survey is available as well.