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Originally Posted by dbharath
Well, I downloaded Kubuntu 9.04 version OS. I am waiting to install, as I need help in finding the compatable linux drivers, for this configuration.
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What drivers do you think you need?
The only driver I expect you to need is the non open source nVidia driver.
Try the kubuntu liveCD and see if it will get into GUI mode with the open source nv driver. If not, there is a boot time option to use the vesa driver instead, which almost certainly will work.
After you have kubuntu installed and working with either the nv driver or the vesa driver, you can switch to the nvidia driver.
I don't know what distribution specific support ubuntu has for downloading/installing the nvidia driver. Maybe some ubuntu user will jump in and answer that detail.
If you get the nvidia driver installer direct from nvidia and run it, the first time it will tell you what packages (such as kernel headers, etc.) are missing and needed before the driver will instal. It's then very easy to get those with Synaptic (the GUI package manager in Ubuntu). Then rerun that nvidia driver installer and the driver will be installed and should work fine at least until you get a Linux kernel upgrade. Then you probably need to rerun the installer, which is pretty easy.
So if there isn't a distribution specific way to install that, it really isn't too bad to use the copy direct from nvidia. But if there is a distribution specific way, that will be easier (will manage all the dependancies for you) and will upgrade automatically when the kernel does.