Ubuntu, Compilers and Wireless

I recently started preparing for interviews and wanted to brush up my C++ and Perl skills. I had an old laptop that I had not used in many years. I tried to install Ubuntu but the latest version of Ubuntu was not compatible with my laptop configuration. So, I installed Lubuntu instead and so far it is rocking.

Compilers that I needed where easy to get, you can use the following commands to install all the packages that you want:

sudo apt-get install

For example:

sudo apt-get install g++

sudo apt-get install perl

I did have trouble connecting to my Wireless internet and had to do some special setup. I found the solution in the thread, solution posted by wildmanne39 (response #7):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1859446

- download the b43.zip file and drop the file in your Desktop
- Disconnect your wired connection if connected
- Right-click the zip file and select Extract here
- open a terminal and run the following commands-

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
sudo cp Desktop/b43/*  /lib/firmware/b43
sudo rmmod -f b43
sudo rmmod -f ssb
sudo modprobe b43

Worked like a charm.