usb serial adapter driver

Hi,

I can be counted as a newbie in Linux environment.
I have a usb to RS232 adapter and its' vendor says that it has Windows
drivers but not Linux/Unix.
For that reason, I cannot find a suitable driver to install.

My question is,
Is there a way for me to use this adapter on Red Hat Linux(or another
distribution) or is the answer like this - > "You cannot use any
device(especially plug&play devices) without a driver on Linux because
there is no built-in driver support in Linux Operating Systems, unlike
MS Windows".

Thanks for any help, you can see that my problem is not closely
related to a specific device, rather it's about basic concepts like
driver need in Linux.
.

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