Will a pentium D run Linux Ubuntu?

[Julian5]

Ive built a crappy computer with recycled parts (Pentium D935 3,2ghz, 1g ram, intel onbard graphics, 300w power supply... Will it run linux and will it be able to run 64bit or 32bit?

[othertomperson]

It supports 64-bit, and I would certainly try it. It's free and Ubuntu brought my dad's single core Atom back to usefulness

[Julian5]

Ive alredy one it on a intel atom celeron with 1g of ram so I think it will be ok, thanks for the help im just starting building pc's 

[soup]

Should be OK. ONE of Linux's selling points is its ability to run on old low spec hardware.

 

Here :-

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

Are the full requirements for running Ubuntu

 

It talks of a 700MHz Celeron

 

As @othertomperson says above Linux OSs are free, and as you have already assembled the system  give it a whirl if the Graphics are dissapointing (they wont be great no matter what OS you use, but only you can say if they are acceptable) for you on Ubuntu try one of the older leaner distros

[manikyath]

http://ark.intel.com/products/28011/Intel-Pentium-D-Processor-935-4M-Cache-3_20-GHz-800-MHz-FSB

 

the ark.intel page is always a good thing to look at for questions like this. it tells you the CPU is 64bit, has 2 cores running at 3.2GHz (plenty for linux)

 

the thing i'm most worried about is the graphics part, ubuntu is fairly demanding graphically, especially older hardware seems to have issues with it.

 

i'd suggest trying, and if it doesnt work use a less demanding fork of ubuntu (lubuntu is by far the lightest)

[othertomperson]

As @othertomperson says above Linux OSs are free, and as you have already assembled the system  give it a whirl if the Graphics are dissapointing (they wont be great no matter what OS you use, but only you can say if they are acceptable) for you on Ubuntu try one of the older leaner distros

 

Maybe not older, but I installed Puppy on my old Pentium II pc a while ago

[beach_boy98]

I think for this system linux mint would be better because it is a little less demanding.

[qwertywarrior]

i recommend going 32 bit since it takes less ram

[Agazed]

Yes it will! I use have another computer with the same CPU running at 2.66 ghz, 2gb ram and with Ubuntu. Since you are using 1gb, I would recommend using the 32-bit version instead.  

[Dabombinable]

Considering I have it running on 2 Pentium III with 2GB RAM (18-25% usage) with no problems, it will be fine.

[Lord Gaben]

Yes