Wifi has historically been one of the more troublesome hurdles to Linux adoption. Using a 64 bit operating system makes it even more difficult. I knew that choosing to install the 64 bit version of Ubuntu Linux on my laptop would give me some problems, but I went for it anyway. Because I have an AMD64 processor, I felt obligated to install a 64 bit OS. I just couldn’t bring myself to orphan those extra 32 bits:)
After trying for some time to get ndiswrapper to work, I finally stumbled upon Linuxant. Linuxant offers a product called Driverloader that allows you to use Windows drivers in Linux, just like ndiswrapper. A permanent license is $20, but it was well worth it for me. Afterall, I’m typing this on the 64 bit version of Ubuntu Linux over a wireless connection…
Go to Linuxant – then click on products.
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