I recently installed Ubuntu -vesrion 12.04 on my system, and it appears it's a common issue that this Ethernet does not work with Ubuntu. I stumbled upon this solution. But I don't think the very first packages to install exist anymore.
Is there maybe another solution floating around, maybe a more recent solution? I would really love to move away from the Windows platform. I don't know if this makes a difference, but I am dual booting Ubuntu.