Hi, i'm new to Ubuntu, i've heard about it and my friends use it, but i've ran into some problems. Recently my computer downloaded a worm, I couldn't access any of my files etc... until i used a Ubuntu install disc, after i retrieved all my info, I installed Ubuntu (I had tried every single way of restoring Windows or Updating, etc). Now, my problems are this, my two excessively important aspects of my computer is, 1. Typing, and 2. Internet, I have a wireless router and wireless keyboard/mouse set. Each of those contain a disc w/ drivers, the only problem is, with Ubuntu I cannot access those drivers, I'm downloaded Wine and NDISWrapper to see if I can transfer those programs onto my ubuntu computer and make it work. Any suggestions/help?
Linux has its own drivers. If your hardware is supported, it will just work. If there's any extra software that comes with the hardware, that's just software and not drivers and may or may not work under Wine. Installing drivers in Wine itself doesn't work - Wine doesn't support drivers (other than some basic USB support), and Wine is a whole different area seperate from Linux's actual driver systems. In a personal experience, I have found that a wireless keyboard/mouse set should just work (as long as it uses a standard way to provide the mouse/keyboard to the system, of course). Router, I don't know, I've had mixed experienced with plugging in an USB network card replacement at least. If you mean you want to use your wireless network card to connect to the router, you may or may not have to install proprietary drivers to get the network card working (these drivers would likely be available in Ubuntu's Hardware Drivers app).
closebehind wrote:> Well, ever since i plugged it in, the mouse worked, but the keyboard doesn'tI occasionally got this with my old wireless keyboard/mouse combo, but it would usually start working it I plugged it into a different USB port or had it plugged in before boot.