Anything Ubuntu-based, Mint in this case. I’d guess any other distribution would have the same problem but I couldn’t vouch for it.
Ok... Debian based. Both Ubuntu and Mint are based on Debian.
I assume you’ve seen this: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/218
And this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/how-to-install-broadcom-wireless-drivers-bcm43xx
And this: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/379
Just curious as I’ve never had that problem. Yeah, I’ve had to correctly configure the device via command line, but that’s about it. MAN pages and README’s include a lot of this info.
The idea of using a Windows driver in a wrapper for a networking device never would have crossed my mind.