Without knowing what laptop system that you are using, it;s hard to say. But according to the
Ndiswrapper database it should be possible.
What version of Fedora or Ubuntu are you planning to use? Try the latest, such as Fedora Core 7 or Ubuntu 7.04 and see if it works out of the box. This assumes that you have a system that supports the newer distro's system requirements.
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