John, The best place to get the most up-to-date platform support is in the release notes. Here’s what is in the release notes for 8.1.7RC3:
Windows LiveCode supports the following versions of Windows: Windows XP SP2 and above Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista SP1 and above (both 32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7 (both 32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Windows 8.x (Desktop) Windows 10 Note: On 64-bit Windows installations, LiveCode runs as a 32-bit application through the WoW layer. Linux LiveCode supports the following Linux distributions, on 32-bit or 64-bit Intel/AMD or compatible processors: Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 Fedora 23 & 24 Debian 7 (Wheezy) and 8 (Jessie) [server] CentOS 7 [server] LiveCode may also run on Linux installations which meet the following requirements: Required dependencies for core functionality: glibc 2.13 or later glib 2.0 or later Optional requirements for GUI functionality: GTK/GDK 2.24 or later Pango with Xft support esd (optional, needed for audio output) mplayer (optional, needed for media player functionality) lcms (optional, required for color profile support in images) gksu (optional, required for privilege elevation support) Note: If the optional requirements are not present then LiveCode will still run but the specified features will be disabled. Note: The requirements for GUI functionality are also required by Firefox and Chrome, so if your Linux distribution runs one of those, it will run LiveCode. Note: It may be possible to compile and run LiveCode Community for Linux on other architectures but this is not officially supported. Mac The Mac engine supports: 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) on Intel 10.7.x (Lion) on Intel 10.8.x (Mountain Lion) on Intel 10.9.x (Mavericks) on Intel 10.10.x (Yosemite) on Intel 10.11.x (El Capitan) on Intel 10.12.x (Sierra) on Intel This could easily be updated in the Beginners Guide using Git, but it seems like there ought be an automatic way to update the guide as the release notes are published. Devin On Oct 6, 2017, at 10:37 AM, JOHN PATTEN via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Hi All, I’m going to be doing some short introductions to some of our teachers about LiveCode. I was reviewing the support resources, specifically the Beginners Guide. The info seems to need a bit of an update. Is there another link with a more current Beginners Guide? i.e.. General To use LiveCode you will need: 1024×768 or larger monitor True color display (16-bit or 32-bit depth) At least 256Mb of memory At least 150Mb of disk space (is this still accurate?) Windows LiveCode supports the following versions of Windows: Windows 2000 SP4 Windows XP SP2 and above Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista SP1 and above (both 32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7 (both 32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Windows 8 and 8.1 Desktop Additionally, QuickTime 7 or later is required for most multimedia features. Mac OS X LiveCode supports the following versions of Mac OS X: 10.3.9 (Panther) on PowerPC 10.4.11 (Tiger) on Intel and PowerPC 10.5.8 and later (Leopard) on Intel and PowerPC 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) on Intel 10.7.x (Lion) 10.8.x (Mountain Lion) 10.9.x (Mavericks) 10.10 (Yosemite) Linux The minimal requirements for LiveCode to run on Linux are: 32-bit installation, or a 64-bit linux distribution that has a 32-bit compatibility layer 2.4.x or later kernel glibc 2.3.2 or later X11R5 capable Xserver running locally on a 24-bit display compositing window manager (optional – required for alpha-blended window shapes) gtk/gdk/glib (optional – required for native theme support) pango/xft (optional – required for pdf printing, anti-aliased text and unicode font support) lcms (optional – required for color profile support in JPEGs and PNGs) gksu (optional – required for elevate process support) mplayer (optional – required for video playback) esd (optional – required for audio playback) Thank you! John Patten SUSD _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Devin Asay Director Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode