I <i>love</i> FreeBSD as a server, and I too have forced into a desktop before... but probably should not have.<p>If you want FreeBSD + desktop, try out PC-BSD (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcbsd.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcbsd.org&#x2F;</a>)