FreeBSD - focus on all round features and performance
OpenBSD - focus on security and proper implementation
For FreeBSD You have features like GELI, ZFS, Boot Environments, Jails, Virtualbox, Capsicum, GEOM Framework, PKGng, Bhyve, Nvidia Binary Drivers, ...
For OpenBSD You have features like Pledge, VMM, Encrypted SWAP by Default, Newer PF, ...
For some people suspend/resume works better on OpenBSD, for some on FreeBSD.
If You need modern storage or virtualization, You use FreeBSD.
If You are already profficent in FreeBSD, then why use OpenBSD? Newer PF or some ALIX box that OpenBSD may run better then FreeBSD, or SUN SPARC T1000 which is not supported by FreeBSD, or for home router/wifi/switch/firewall, but for today multicore CPUs and tens of gigabytes of RAM and terabytes of storage with multiple disks I do not see a place for OpenBSD.
When OpenBSD developers will adapt HAMMER or HAMMER2 filesystem from DragonflyBSD and VMM would be usable to run Windows in it, then I COULD change my mind, but for now, besides some VERY specific needs, I would run FreeBSD, but thats me. Decide for Your own.
Regards,
vermaden
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