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I don't think I've ever heard FreeBSD described as either "new" or "exotic"
New and exotic to me.
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.
I'll give you "new" but it's about as far from exotic as you can get... Not a bad thing, BTW, and I highly recommend giving it a try, it's 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 Gentoo's Portage, BTW