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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 15/10/2015 12.36 skrev "Bernhard Stegmaier" <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Hi,
>
> do we really need to mention those:
>
>> Common System Requirements (software specs):
>>
>>       - wxwidgets 3.0.2
>>
>>       - wxpython 3.0.1
>>
>>       - See: http://kicad-pcb.org/help/known-system-related-issues/ for
>>         software specific issues.
>
>
> I bet that some OS X users will read that and start digging for wxWdigets
and wxPython.
> If you are not compiling yourself, everything needed will be conatined in
the application bundle.
> So, there is no need for a normal user to even know about
wxWidgets/wxPython.
>
> For Linux, IMHO the paket manager will take care of installing all SW
prerequisites.
> For Windows I guess it is the same as for OS X, everything will be in the
installer?

Yes. I think those deoends at not interesting here, they belong to the
build instructions.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bernhard
>
>
>
> On 2015-10-15 10:36, Marco Ciampa wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 04:06:51PM -0400, Mark Roszko wrote:
>>>
>>> I really think Pentium compatible is horrible terminology ever since
>>> Intel absolutely destroyed the name and now theres old generation I3s
>>> rebranded as Pentiums.
>>>
>>> Also a Pentium 3 probably can't be used with any of the required video
cards.
>>
>>
>> raised to Pentium IV, ok?
>>
>>> I personally would remove Windows XP. It is a dead and unsupported OS.
>>> We should not encourage people keeping their botnet computer and
>>> supporting issues they may have.
>>
>>
>> I can understand this but, as Lorenzo reported, there are many XPs still
>> in use and, given you use it behind a firewall and do not use it to
>> navigate on Internet, how can it possibly harm anyone?
>>
>>> Regarding Radeon cards, there are issues:
>>>
http://kicad-pcb.org/help/known-system-related-issues/#_bad_graphics_cards
>>
>>
>> ok will add a link for those issues...
>>
>>> "pre-HD" is also flawed for Intel cards as in the case of the broken
>>> 4500 GMA theres a "M" and "HD" version released simultaneously. Needs
>>> to be reworded to mean no cards that came before the HD-Graphics
>>> series rather than Intel's previous HD suffixing.
>>
>>
>> Ok reworded, check if you think it is better now...
>>
>>> I would keep python off because its no longer an system thing and just
>>> general userland stuff. Also its "recommended" not "required" to run
>>> kicad.
>>
>>
>> ok deleted
>>
>> lets try it again:
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> Common System Requirements (hardware specs):
>>
>>     - Pentium-compatible PC (Pentium IV, Athlon or more-recent system
>> recommended);
>>
>>     - 512 MB RAM (1024 MB RAM recommended);
>>
>>     - Up to 500 MB available hard disk space;
>>
>>     - 1280x1024 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at
>> least 16K colors.
>>
>>     - Graphic card with at least OpenGL 2.0, with hardware shaders. Check
>>       the opengl specs of the card:
>>
>>       - Intel: No cards that came before the HD-Graphics, regardless
>> of the wording HD.
>>         Intel cards that are reported working starts from model HD2000
>> and higher.
>>
>>       - NVidia: from NVIDIA support page:
>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_ogl2_support.html
>>         NVIDIA support for OpenGL 2.0 begins with the Release 75
>> series of drivers.
>>         GeForce FX (NV3x), GeForce 6 Series (NV4x), NV3xGL-based
>> Quadro FX and NV4xGL-based
>>         Quadro FX GPUs, and all future NVIDIA GPUs support OpenGL 2.0.
>>
>>       - Ati: should work any modern Radeon chip even in the APU (GPU
>> in the main processor).
>>         but check for some issues here:
>>
>>
http://kicad-pcb.org/help/known-system-related-issues/#_bad_graphics_cards
>>
>> Common System Requirements (software specs):
>>
>>       - wxwidgets 3.0.2
>>
>>       - wxpython 3.0.1
>>
>>       - See: http://kicad-pcb.org/help/known-system-related-issues/ for
>>         software specific issues.
>>
>> Specific System Requirements
>>
>>     Windows
>>     Apple Mac OSX
>>     GNU/Linux
>>     Other OSes
>>
>> Windows
>>
>> The software and hardware prerequisites for installing KiCad on a Windows
>> system are as follows:
>>
>>     Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7,
>>     Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, or Windows 10;
>>
>> Apple - Mac OS X
>>
>> The software and hardware prerequisites for installing on a Apple Mac OS
>> X computer are as follows:
>>
>>     Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or higher;
>>
>> GNU/Linux
>>
>> The software and hardware prerequisites for installing on Linux are as
>> follows:
>>
>>     Any modern Linux distro with OpenGl 2.0 or higher elabled
>>     graphics should go. For example Linux Ubuntu 12.04 or higher.
>>
>> Android/Linux
>>
>> The Android/Linux platform is actually NOT supported.
>>
>> Other OSes
>>
>> Other systems (notably Unix *BSD) may be fully working but are actually
>> not ufficially supported.
>>
>> ---------------------
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> If you agree we can add this page on the site...
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Marco Ciampa
>>
>> I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it.
>>
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>>
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