It was a simple process to use ndiswrapper in linux, specifically Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04, to get my wireless network cards activated.. in fact, it only takes a few lines of code: (to save formatting hassles, just enter these commands in a command line)
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
sudo ndiswrapper -i /[path to the drivers for [...]
