The real question is “When did you try Linux?”. The most recent version of Ubuntu (7.10) got everything on my Asus W3J working (where as when I first bought this notebook in April 06 I had to build the wifi and ethernet drivers from source).
Download and try any new live CD to see how your wifi and printer work...all it costs you is a blank cd.
I tried Ubunto. About a year ago. I couldn’t ‘wrap’ my head around the idea of a wrapper for the wifi.
I’ll try again when I get a down week.
thx.