Anyone know if Centos 5 will run on this eMachine?
 

Anyone know if Centos 5 will run on this eMachine? I want to use it as a home webserver for a personal blog. Thanks in advance.

If you're looking for hardware that's guaranteed to run CentOS, you might find this list helpful: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compatibility/hardware/

it should run

but it will be NEAR imposable to get the "windows tax" back from best buy
the MS EULA states that it is the OEM that is responsible for the refund .

I'd suspect it is way better than one would need to run a home website unless you have some wild upload speed.

Might run some mini web site just to be sure your ISP will let you do this. Some are real stinkers about this.

http://portableapps.com/apps/development/xampp or others for a quick test if you don't have a linux setup.

yes the isp
Comcast is one of the "stinkers"
if you said yes to there eula than you said no to hosting a site on the non commercial account
you NEED to buy a license for a commercial account
BUT if you do then you can NOT have cable tv at the Home office ( or house)

I found a place to colocate it for $40 a month, I still need to know if Linux will run on it.

I'd go with John VV's answer. It should work. I'll go farther. I'll say that you will be able to run a server os on that and have it connect to some tcp/ip even if you have to buy a $4 nic. If any small problems happen I'd suspect someone on this forum would be able to fix it. Usually the main part works but audio or some non-server related deal fails.

CentOS 5.5 (or the not yet out CentOS 6 )
will work on most new hardware .
there might be some "odd" very very new things that might not yet be supported .
But the chance is VERY small

a budget machine would have standard off the shelf parts .