Tech Specs
System Requirements
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Supported Hosts
Windows Hosts
32-bit and 64-bit
Windows XP, all service packs
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Apple Mac OS X Hosts
Intel hardware only, all versions of Mac OS X supported
Linux Hosts
32-bit and 64-bit
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 ("sarge"), 4.0 ("etch") and Debian 5.0 ("Lenny")
Fedora Core 4 to 9 ("Sulphur")
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5
SUSE Linux 9 and 10, openSUSE 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3
Ubuntu 5.10 ("Breezy Badger"), 6.06 ("Dapper Drake"), 6.10 ("Edgy Eft"), 7.04 ("Feisty Fawn"), 7.10 ("Gutsy Gibbon"), 8.04 ("Hardy Heron") and 8.10 ("Intrepid Ibex")
Mandriva 2007.1 and 2008.0
Solaris OS Hosts
32-bit and 64-bit
OpenSolaris (2008.05 and later)
Solaris 10 OS 5/08 and higher