To make an xterminal of any sort gray can be done in any *BSD system.
Create a file in your $HOME directory called .Xdefaults
Then put in (for example, using urxvt)
urxvt*background: gray
(grey will also work, they honor, or honour as the UK folks say, both spellings. Of course, we from the US think the UK has strange spelling, but many of we older foulkes like the Roulling Stounes.)
In FreeBSD at least, it can be done in console as well (vs. an xterminal). The command is vidcontrol (with a decent man page) but I've forgotten the syntax. I tend to prefer the standard black console with white text.
Also, most xterminals can have their background (and foreground) colors changed from command line. For example
urxvt -bg blue -fg white
With some terminals it's just -b and -f rather than -bg and -fg.
As for the Linux bashing, well, Corey_James and Vermaden like to do it. Most of the rest of us don't have the energy. There are bad things about it of course, but of course, there are bad things to say about all operating systems.
In the end, its popularity probably helps the BSD folks as well, since it increases the likelihood of a manufacturer providing open source drivers.
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