Getting started

A Linux PC is recommended for development, and will be assumed for this documentation. For users in Windows or OSX we recommend virtualizing a Linux PC. Most of our platforms run Debian and if you have no other distribution preference this is what we recommend.

• Debian.org

Virtualization

• Virtualbox (Windows or OSX hosts)
• VMware Player
• Parallels (OSX)

Suggested Linux Distributions

• Debian
• Ubuntu

It may be possible to develop using a Windows or OSX system, but this is not supported. Development will include accessing drives formatted for Linux and often Linux based tools.