Could someone tip me off to a WiFi dongle or WiFi setup that's working well for them with nvOC? I wasn't able to use NDISWrapper to install the windows driver for my old Netgear dongle (not sure if that was my inexperience or a technical issue). Or perhaps, would wireless adapters work better? Thanks.
Ubuntu 16.04 has good support for wireless adapters: I would try connecting it and seeing if it is recognized.
If it is not; I would go to the top left and select the ubuntu launcher and type u:
click on Software Updater and run updates.