need help choosing appropriate BSD distro

(You may see a repeat of this message on some of the related BSD
newsgroups since there are a few different distros out there of BSD).

I have this scenario. I am considering trying a version of BSD instead
of Linux.

Old Dell laptop, about 3.5 Gigs of space available on a small hard
drive. No option to add a larger hard drive at this time, no
additional investment can be made right now. Processor speed is 300
mhz (Pentium II), memory 380 something MB.

I have tried Ubuntu and Dreamlinux, both of which recognize my
wireless card, a Netgear WG511T.

The problem is that the version of Wine that installs with these locks
up the system. To use my preferred Email/Newsgroup reader program,
Agent, I need to have a Windows "emulator" like Wine to install and
use my program. So, even though those two distros support my hardware,
something is incompatible with Wine. I do have a dual-boot setup with
Windows 98 SE but prefer to stay out of there if I can.

Wine works fine in Ubuntu on my desktop, so that's probably what I'll
stick with on that computer.

First, is there a Windows emulator that works with BSD like it does in
Linux?

Is it different or the same program (Wine)?

Second, does any of the BSD distros support wireless cards "out of the
box"? To be successful I have to have a wireless connection working
right away (after entering the WEP key). I won't be able to download
support programs for the wireless card since I won't be able to
connect to the Internet. I would, however, be able to do so with the
desktop computer, but I don't think I can count on sending anythng
over the home network (perhaps on a CDROM using sneakernet).

Any comments on tis, suggestions on which distro to try, or am I out
on both counts (Windows emulation and wireless card support)?

Donald
.

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