Will ubuntu work on my computer?

[0per4t0r]

it's an old eMachines eMonster 550 that runs Windows 2000 Professional SP4. I was planning on partitioning my hard drive, and installing ubuntu from a liveCD on a dual-boot. I'll post more specs later.

[wpshooter]

Can not give an answer without some details on the specifics of the machine but IMO e-machines are a large current problem or one that will be happening in the very near future !!!

[Therion]

Standard specs on the 550 are as follows:

CPU: Intel Pentium III 550MHz (w/512KB L2 Cache)
Memory: 64MB SyncDRAM
Hard Drive: 15GB HDD (Ultra DMA EIDE)
Optical Drive: 8x Max. DVD-ROM Drive
Video: NVIDIA® RIVA TNT2 Vanta 2x AGP with 8MB SDRAM
Audio: Crystal CS4280 3D PCI Audio

And the posted minimum (recommended) specs to run Ubuntu:

Ubuntu should run reasonably well on a computer with the following minimum hardware specification. However, features such as visual effects may not run smoothly.

* 700 MHz x86 processor
* 384 MB of system memory (RAM)
* 8 GB of disk space
* Graphics card capable of 1024x768 resolution
* Sound card
* A network or Internet connection

I'd try a LiveCD and see how things go. That Riva video card is going to be tough but it's upgradeable.
Adding more memory is something you might want to think about as well.

[0per4t0r]

Yeah, I tried the liveCD, and did the memory check from the CD, and it passed. It installed fine, and just works a little slow. The only problem is that I don't have and internet connection, and getting apps like wine, vlc, restricted extras and codecs is a problem.