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I have a question regarding a portable harddrive. I just got it as a present but I didnt open it, because on the back it says system requirements are Windows or Mac. However on the webpage I found that it is also compatible with Linux Kernel 2.6 or higher, but what does that mean? Can I use it with Ubuntu 14.10?

The name of the harddrive is Verbatim Store'n'Go Superspeed Portable Hard Drive 1 TB and it is USB 3.0 but it says it is 100% compatible with USB 2.0 (My laptop has 2.0)

I don't really know much about these things and my guess is that the shop where it is bought also wouldn't know it, so I hope somebody can help :)

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USB 3.0 disks have been compatible with Linux for quite some time now (some years, at least). Ubuntu 14.10 is using Linux kernel version 3.16, which is higher than 2.6.

You can confirm this by opening a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T) and running:

$ uname -r
3.13.0-43-generic

(I'm on 14.04, which is currently on the 3.13 kernel version.)

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