NVIDIA Drivers with Installations?

[Mol_Bolom]

Hi...

I am looking to install an older linux system for my Pavilion 511w computer and wondering if there are any installations that come with NVIDIA drivers? The one I use right now is the Intel 82810E.

I am looking into DSL, Vector, Perhaps even Puppy, Xubuntu, and maybe even some of the older Ubuntu's. Or I might even wing it at the last Mandrake, since I began using linux on Mandrake 6.0...I did install the old 6.0, but since it doesn't have the correct drivers, I can only get the prompt.

Oh, and if it doesn't, but they can be downloaded, then I would at least need a USB driver so that I could use our other computer to download the drivers...

Thanks...

[i92guboj]

We need to know the exact video card you own.

However, if it's nvidia, I can say in advance that:

1.- no linux distro ships them by default, since they are under a propietary license which prevents the redistribution of the driver.
2.- you can install them on any distro, so, that shouldn't be a factor to choose a distro
3.- there's always the posibility to use the nv or vesa drivers, they have no 3d acceleration, but they should work out of the box

[Mol_Bolom]

Thanks...

I've got Vector Linux 5.9 running. So far it's ok...And yep, no 3D acceleration...