I have absolutely no idea what flavours of Linux it will work on
In system requirements......

Operating System Linux* system with glibc 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.93, 2.3.2 , 2.3.3, 2.3.4, or 2.3.5 and the 2.4.X or 2.6.X Linux kernel as represented by the following distributions.

Note: Not all distributions listed are validated and not all distributions are listed.

* Red Hat* Linux 7.3, 8, 9
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 2.1, 3, 4
* SUSE* LINUX 8.2, 9.1
* SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server* 8, 9
* Fedora* Core 4


Linux Developer tools component installed, including gcc, g++ and related tools.
IMO its best to dual boot Windows with Linux (SuSe), also very easy Make an Image of your HD before you install Linux, if you decide you don't want Linux and the Intel C++ (or mess things up ) then you can restore back to normal.