Try it in a VM first. It's actually helpful to try it that way first, so you can used to how it works. If you can afford it, get a used thinkpad....a t430 or t420 should be pretty cheap, and will run free/net/open without problem. If those machines are too old for your liking, ask around here on the subreddits of each OS, and users will have hardware recommendations for you. oh and the x1 carbon family seems to be popular among the freebsd crowd iirc.