I have installed FreeBSD 14.2 and the Mate desktop to 7 computers so far, and Fldigi.
So far, no freezes and it all seems to work flawlessly.
I also installed Flmsg, Flamp, and Flrig. I have not yet used Flrig, since my CAT-capable rigs
are down for repair.
WSTJ-X appears to be working well too.
It takes me about 2 hours of steady work to get the OPSYS, desktop, and other software
installed and configured when starting from a bare computer.
I have not yet enabled PF and its settings, though.
Installing FreeBSD on 4 old Acer laptops made them usable for our club Field Day ops again.
They were horribly slow and really unusable when trying to use Win10 on them.
I have had no luck, so far, with WINE, but we have not needed that.....yet.
Ken W7EKB