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Requirements

Basic hardware and OS needs

Based on dependencies and tests, the minimum requirements more or less are:

  • Windows XP or higher / Linux GTK 2 platform (*) (e.g. Ubuntu 12)
  • AMD Thunderbird or Intel Pentium 4 or higher.
  • 512 MB memory (even less should work but constant swapping might bring all to a hold.).
  • OpenGL 1.1 support (Do note some major features are disabled in OpenGL lower then 2.0, also rendering quality/speed will be slower in OpenGL below 3.0).

The above is only a suggestion, as the oldest setup I've seen it work on is an old Pentium 4 (~2002) laptop using a mobile radeon 7500.

To get the most out of the application the following should be considered:

  • Windows XP or higher / Linux GTK 2 platform (*) (e.g. Ubuntu 12)
  • Any multi-core cpu.
  • 2 GB (or more) of memory.
  • VGA card with OpenGL 3.0 support with at least 512 MB on-board memory.

*) Additional Linux dependencies

I can't tell you exactly on which platforms it runs, cause I don't know my self as a result of there being so many. Just be sure to pick the correct version (32 or 64 bit) when trying it out.

Below are the platforms I have tested myself or people reported it working on. If you got it working on a different platform, please let me know.

Versions 1.4 and up

The 1.4 version introduced aditional dependencies concerning freeType fonts, I also switch the build system to Debian for all versions given that distribution uses older glibc versions. Known supported platforms for these versions are:

  • Debian 7.5 32bit (32 bit 'generic' versions are compiled in this environment)
  • Debian 7.5 64bit (64 bit 'generic' versions are compiled in this environment)
  • Kubuntu 12.04 32bit
  • Kubuntu 12.04 64bit

Versions 1.3 and 1.3a

With the non beta 1.3 versions I changed the release build system, known supported platforms for these versions are:

  • Kubuntu 12.04 32bit (1.3 32 bit 'generic' versions are compiled in this environment)
  • Kubuntu 12.04 64bit (1.3 64 bit 'generic' versions are compiled in this environment)
  • Debian 7.5 32bit (32 bit 1.3 'debian' versions are compiled in this environment)
  • Debian 7.5 64bit (64 bit 1.3 'debian' versions are compiled in this environment)
  • Ubuntu 12
  • Ubuntu 13.04
  • OpenSuse 13.1
  • Fedora 20, might need installation of gtkglarea2 and gtkglext-libs rpms.
  • Archlinux
  • Slackware 14.1
  • Knoppix 7.2
  • Centos 6.5, but be sure to use the Debian version.

Versions up to (and including) 1.3 Beta 1

These are the (known) supported platforms for the pre 1.3 (non beta) versions.

  • Ubuntu 10.04 32bit (32 bit 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 versions are compiled in this version)
  • Ubuntu 10.04 64bit (64 bit 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 versions are compiled in this version)
  • Ubuntu 11.10 32bit
  • Ubuntu 12.04 32bit
  • Ubuntu 12.04 64bit (will also run the 32 bit version executable when GTK 32 bit libraries are (also) installed.)
  • Fedora 14 Gnome desktop (32bit)
  • Linux Mint 12 (32bit)
  • Linux Mint 13 (64bit)
  • Debian 7
  • Xubuntu 12.04 (64bit)
  • Kubuntu 13.10 (64bit)
  • Gentoo (might need update/install of the gnome-icon-theme and gtk+ packages