I donât think Iâve ever heard FreeBSD described as either ânewâ or âexoticâ
Iâll give you ânewâ but itâs about as far from exotic as you can get⊠Not a bad thing, BTW, and I highly recommend giving it a try, itâs an excellent system, though probably better for a server than a workstation/desktop (though it definitely can be a very good workstation/desktop if you like)
Its Ports system is the inspiration for Gentooâs Portage, BTW
âhello systemâ is pretty nice to look at, and has some Mac-isms I find helpful. FreeBSD has a new release recently, so maybe Nomad or GhostBSD could be worth trying. Youâll find FreeBSD is a lot more âconsistentâ compared to Linux, but be prepared for random hardware to not work.