I’ve never used any BSDs directly, only in the shape of opnSense, but as a fan of Gentoo, which uses portage, that, in turnm is heavily inspired by the ports system, I should probably give one of them a go at some point.
My biggest deterrent so far has been lower performance compared to linux. I objectively understand it’s imperceptible in every day use, but something at the back of my head has been holding me back.
If not better, equal. But without doing this, the BSD kernel is bloated.