Starting with 10.0 they improved packaging, so you can use FreeBSD in binary-only setup. As for your other problems, FreeBSD is targeted toward servers so that

Starting with 10.0 they improved packaging, so you can use FreeBSD in binary-only setup. As for your other problems, FreeBSD is targeted toward servers so that's where your problems come from. I like FreeBSD a lot and have been using it since version 4.7, but I still prefer to use OpenSuSE for my desktop/laptop.