Kernel updates keep removing wireless.

[Sheff]

Hi, I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on an acer aspire one, recently I used the automatic updater which installed a kernel update which then proceeded to remove the wireless driver I was using and install the standard driver that doesn't work with the wireless card.

I'm getting used to linux now and was able to reinstall the correct driver through terminal, my question is, short of not updating the kernel, is there a way of avoiding this situation?

Cheers.

 

[Sheff]

Thanks for the replies, I am keen to learn more about ubuntu and linux so will definitely try the manual install.