Where can i find a Wifi driver that works with Linux?

Question

I am dual booting Linux Mint and Vista. I can get a connection on Vista because the Wifi Driver is installed but i cant go on the internet on Linux. I have tried downloading some Drivers but they are like GZ and DAP files and when i open them on Linux they wont work. What is a Linux Compatible Wifi Driver? How do i get GZ and DAP files to work on Linux?

Answer 1

use this santax,
tar -zxvf tarfile.tar.gz
cd tarfile/
./configure
make && make install

if you did not get any errors it means the package is installed. its good to read the README.txt file.