Possibly the network manager was misreading the Wireless Adapter to begin with which didn't lead to any forced updates via the Software Updater either with or without the PPA.
Below is a direct link to the package information and driver on Launchpad: http://mcaf.ee/9qkje ----- *AS I AM NOT A DEVELOPER, I CANNOT MYSELF ADD THIS FIX TO THE UBUNTU OR DEBIAN REPOSITORIES - THIS IS WHERE I NEED HELP. I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS RAN INTO THIS ISSUE, AND IT SHOULD BE NECESSARY TO PUSH THIS OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.* -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1409102 Title: WiFi is slower on Ubuntu than Windows. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager-applet/+bug/1409102/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
