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System requirements

Client requirements

Mingle works on the following browsers:
  • Firefox 2.0 (recommended)
  • Safari 2.0 (recommended)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0

Database requirements

Before installing Mingle, you must install a database. Mingle currently supports:

  • MySQL 5.0, or
  • PostgreSQL 8.1 or 8.2

PostgreSQL 8.3 is not yet supported. Support for 8.3 will be provided in a 2.0 dot release

Server requirements

Windows

We recommend Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003.

  • 2 GB RAM
  • 2 GHz (or higher)

Mac OSX

  • Mac OSX Tiger (10.4)
  • Intel processor
  • Java Development Kit (JDK) version 5 or 6
  • 2 GB RAM

General Unix

We recommend using either Fedora, Ubuntu or RedHat.

  • Java Development Kit (JDK) version 5 or 6 (recommended)
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 2 GHz (or higher)

Solaris

LiveCD requirements

to run from the CD
  • x86 CPU (the faster the better)
  • 1.5GB RAM
  • CD-ROM Drive capable of booting
to install and run from the HDD
  • x86 CPU (the faster the better)
  • 1.5GB RAM
  • CD-ROM Drive capable of booting
  • internet connection (for latest Ubuntu patches)
  • 8GB HDD space

The Mingle LiveCD is a modified Ubuntu 7.10 LiveCD. If you want to install the LiveCD to a HDD, then you should ensure that you have backed up the contents of your HDD before installation. The install process will by default wipe the contents of the HDD and replace them with the installed files (you can override this during the install process). Alternately you can choose to create a separate partition and install the LiveCD into the new partition.