Hello I have a MRI GlobespanViata ADSL modem I use to connect with windows to the internet. It works well but I would like it to work in Linux Mandrake I have installed on the same machine. I've found the site "data-technics.net/content.php?cat=3" (it's got w's but I'm not allowed to post them) which has what appears to be the right drivers. They are *.tar.gz files. But I have no idea what to do with the file. When I say no idea I mean I have no idea what to do with the files. What do I do?
Many thanks
Alex

Don't you just love when someone offers files for download without telling you what to do with them?

Anyway, those are what are known as "tarballs" - compressed files containing a bunch of other files. Sorta like "zip" on the Windows platform. To extract them, you can use a GUI file archiving program, but I'd say the easiest way is to pop open a terminal window and do this:

cd /path/where/you/saved/the/file.tar.gz
tar xzvf file.tar.gz

That will extract them into the current directory. From there, hopefully there is a README that tells you what to do with them afterwards.