[…] BSD is very good, but OOTB it requires (in general) more much administration during setup than do most Linux distros. […]
I've never come across a faster install than
OpenBSD. It has really sane defaults, one simply hit enter for a few minutes.
GhostBSD is no harder to install than any major distro. Graphical installer. Based on FreeBSD.
NomadBSD is also a super portable, persistent (or installed on HD) FreeBSD-based lightweight OS. It uses around 90MBs of RAM on idle.
(See RoboNuggies RC1 review on YT.) Also BSD's are usually available for many architectures including 32bit ones.
IIRC it too has a graphical installer. An exciting new menu entry which will install an emulated Linux web browser. Why? To easily be able to consume DRM infested content (like what comes from (FreeBSD served) Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, etc, (because Google don't provide a Widewine version for *BSD, but this utilises the FreeBSD Linuxulator).
Another pre-configured FreeBSD desktop in the workings is HelloSystem which comes with GNUstep DE by default! It imitates the old MacOS feel and look...
[My browser crashed (no, it was running Linux on my phone, not *BSD. Android), and the rest of this post referencing
OS108.org which is a desktop ready NetBSD, and that OpenBSD is preconfigured already with WMs like
CWM.]