part igetting started with python application system (as/ beos hewlett-packard unix (hp-uxlinux mac os (comes pre-installed with the osmicrosoft disk operating system (ms-dosmorphos operating system (os/ operating system (os/ and /os palmos playstation psion qnx risc os (originally acornseries solaris virtual memory system (vmswindows -bit (xp and laterwindows -bit windows ce/pocket pc wowthat' lot of different platformsthis book is tested with the windowsmac os xand linux platforms howeverthe examples could very well work with these other platformstoobecause the examples don' rely on any platform-specific code let me know if it works on your non-windowsmacor linux platform at john@johnmuellerbooks com the current version of python at the time of this writing is 'll talk about any python updates on my blog at answers to your python book-specific questions theretoo to get the right version for your platformyou need to go to python org/download/releases/the download section is initially hidden from viewso you need to scroll halfway down the page you see page similar to the one shown in figure - the main part of the page contains links for windowsmac os xand linux downloads these links provide