I have installed Ubuntu on my home PC as my first adventure into Linux (well, at home anyway). I believe I have the Karmic Koala version. It looks like it will be cool if I can ever get it working at 100%.
However, I have a newer Linksys Wireless-N network card (purchased about October, 2008), and I cannot get it to work under Ubuntu. It works fine with Windows, but so far my Ubuntu install (called “Wubi”) is just a bare bones install because I can’t get out onto the Internet with it (I had to install Ndiswrapper manually, but even that has not made the wireless card work).
Rather frustrating, but I understand we are in the early days of all this Linux stuff, so it is to be expected. It is getting better, but there are still times when you have to wrestle with it to make it work.
Would this version of Ubuntu have anything “extra” in it that might kick my wireless card into gear??