Help with ES1868 sound card

[Teri]

I am brand new to Ubuntu and Linux.  I played around with other distros 
but like Ubuntu best.  I've got everything set up the way I want with 
the exception of my sound card.  Ubuntu doesn't think I have one.  The 
only distro that found it was Puppy Linux and I didn't like it.  Could 
someone please tell me how to download and install the driver.  I found 
the driver on the ALSA site but being new to Linux I'm not sure how to 
download and install it.  I plan to learn to do all kinds of stuff in 
Linux myself but I would really like to get the soundcard working so I 
can listen to music while I learn.  Any help is appreciated.

Thank You,
Teri