Alternatively, once you get the basic install going, you can install the supplied driver, which may work "better" especially for video, but doesn't always play nice with the very latest kernels. That's what the linux builtin "nouveau" driver calls the NVAF in the Tesla (NV50) family, and you shouldn't have too much trouble with that. Your machine has the Nvidia 320M, if I'm not mistaken. Graphics drivers are usually the biggest problem.
I run kernel 4.4 (just a few months old) on Mac Pro (4,1)->(5,1) hardware with no issues at all, and that setup is older than yours. You should be able to run the very latest distros and kernels on that hardware just fine. I'm actually using opensuse, not ubuntu, but the distro shouldn't matter.
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