Is my computer compatible?

[10pricea]

Im getting windows vista and a new hard drive, so im going to have an extra 40 gig hard drive to do anything i want with so i thouht "what the hell il install linux on it!"

well after a bit of research im really excited to get this started, only im not sure if its going to work on my computer.

Here are my specs:

Motherboard- ASUS A8N-E (nForce4 ultra northbridge)
Processor- AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Video Card- nVidia GeForce 7800GT
Memory- 1Gb ddr 400 (Corsair XMS brand if that matters)

I dont know it this matters either, but i use a 1680x1050 widescreen monitor with DVI cables, and i use a USB keyboard and mouse

Oh, and an IDE dvd rom optical drive, and a SATA hard drive

Its really the motherboard im worried about, i think the vid card and cpu should be fine.

Thanks for your time!

[tech_man]

Should run perfectly fine. Just boot from the LiveCD and see if everything works correctly before installing.

[Dark_Stang]

I'm fairly sure I've seen Ubuntu running on all the hardware mentioned.

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Yep, Linux downloads are free for the most part, so it doesn't cost anything but a little of your time to find out if it'll work.

Have fun with Linux!

oz

[10pricea]

thanks!

Vista came in the mail today, so after i get everything sorted out with that il try to get Ubuntu started