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I realize this is an issue with Adobe, but it is completely killing a desktop switch for anyone who uses their web browser for anything short of 1990's browsing. Flash 9 is a must, and WINE with Firefox is not cutting it.

2. Wireless

More work promoting wireless options like Ralink and Zydas chipsets out of the box. Come on, last I heard FreeBSD supported both of these. There is no reason not to make this a high priority as wireless is a big item of concern regardless of the OS.

3. Better hardware support

Yes, I realize that the BSDs are stable operating systems and not necessarily designed to be as "cutting edge" as Linux. That said, it is a tough sell when the user is finding that his relatively new PC has incompatible video or audio. Again, this is generally on the notebook front, but I have dealt with this three times now. Not sure how to best balance this and still maintain BSD stability, however I am open to suggestions.

Out of those three items, one and two are critical in my opinion. So critical in fact, that the benefits from the top seven reasons why BSD is better than Linux become all but void for most casual users.

There is little doubt that newbie-friendly options from the BSD world such as PC-BSD and DesktopBSD would see significant inroads with regard to gaining ground with Windows users that tried Linux and just found it to be too easy to break. Fix the three critical items listed above and mark my words, BSD would become a force to be reckoned with, even if OS X was left out of the equation.

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