Alright so I'm trying out Ubuntu and well I managed to install it, however wireless internet and sound don't work on my laptop. Looking through these forums I found these instructions, but I have no idea what to do with them. Can someone help explain to me, a total Ubuntu newb fresh from Windows Vista, to get my laptop working properly? Here are the instructions:

Video
intel 965 driver is blacklisted as video doesn't work in XV mode
add CHECK OFF to ~/compiz/compixconfig to enable anyway

Network
add 'blacklist ath_pci' to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Use NDISWrapper to install driver version 6 from here: http://www.atheros.cz/download.php?a...006EG&system=1
sudo ndiswrapper -ma && sudo ndiswrapper -mi

Remove Gnome Network manager (it asks for a password on login)
Install wicd instead

Webcam
sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) &&
svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk &&
cd trunk &&
make &&
sudo cp -av /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/uvcvideo.ko /lib/modules &&
sudo install -v -m644 uvcvideo.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/uvcvideo.ko &&
sudo depmod -ae

Sound

Realtek ALC268 Codec, fixed with the following steps:

Installed latest linux-backports-modules package
Added this line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: options snd-hda-intel model=acer

Trackpad speed
In Terminal type sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

When xorg.conf comes up in gedit, look for the following section.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"

I had to add the following items to the section in order to speed up my synaptics touchpad

Option "SHMConfig" "true"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.5"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.9"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.1"