Can my computer run Ubuntu? [duplicate]

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Published on 2013-06-28T23:48:48Z Indexed on 2013/06/29 4:28 UTC
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Just want to check if my computer can run Ubuntu. It is an old IBM ThinkPad, so here are the basic stats I could find:

IBM 28832ZU 
Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1300MHz 
Processor Speed 1.27 GHz 
Memory (RAM) 2048 MB 
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 
Operating System Version 5.1.2600 
Intel Extreme Graphics 2M

And here is some info pulled from the graphics panel

NTEL(R) EXTREME GRAPHICS 2 FOR MOBILE REPORT

Report Date: 06/28/2013 Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 17:53:20 Driver Version: 6.14.10.3943 Operating System: Windows NT* 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Default Language: English DirectX* Version: 9.0 Physical Memory: 2038 MB Min. Graphics Memory: 8 MB Max. Graphics Memory: 64 MB Graphics Memory in use: 7 MB Processor: x86 family 6 Model 9 Stepping 5 Processor Speed: 1296 MHZ Device Revision: 2

  • Output Devices Connected to Graphics Accelerator *

Active Notebook Displays:1

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