According to the XNA 4 refresh system requirements:
You should be fine? I don't know how Linux affects anything. ~I don't know much about Linux.
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Edit:
School's starts back up this Monday. I'm unsure how much it'll affect progress, but I just wanted people to know.
Quote:Supported Operating System
Windows 7, Windows XP
To run XNA Framework games on a computer running a Windows operating system, you need a graphics card that supports, at minimum, Shader Model 1.1 and DirectX 9.0c. We recommend using a graphics card that supports Shader Model 2.0, which is required by some samples and starter kits.
You should be fine? I don't know how Linux affects anything. ~I don't know much about Linux.
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Edit:
School's starts back up this Monday. I'm unsure how much it'll affect progress, but I just wanted people to know.