@Dimitris, I can confirm that you can boot Ubuntu and Mint directly from a partition used for dual-booting in VMware. This fixes the driver problem as VMware uses it's own virtualised network drivers.
Also, if I may offer a piece of advice to people regretting purchasing laptops with this card, or thinking about returns: Buy a USB WiFi dongle for a few bucks as a temporary fix while you wait for the drivers. You can buy a cheap low powered one, or even invest in high gain card with an antenna connector.
@Dimitris, I can confirm that you can boot Ubuntu and Mint directly from a partition used for dual-booting in VMware. This fixes the driver problem as VMware uses it's own virtualised network drivers.
Also, if I may offer a piece of advice to people regretting purchasing laptops with this card, or thinking about returns: Buy a USB WiFi dongle for a few bucks as a temporary fix while you wait for the drivers. You can buy a cheap low powered one, or even invest in high gain card with an antenna connector.