This chapter assumes that you are using one of the following operating systems:
- Windows 7 SP1 or a later version
- macOS 10.7 (Lion) or a later version
- Debian Jessie or a later version, or a derivative such as the following:
- Ubuntu 14.04 or a later version
- Linux Mint 17 or a later version
For editing Python scripts and other text files, this book's authors simply recommend that you should have a good text editor. Examples include the following:
- Notepad++ for Windows
- BBEdit (free version) for macOS
- GEdit for the GNOME desktop environment on Linux
- Kate for the KDE Plasma desktop environment on Linux
Besides the operating system, there are no other prerequisites for this setup chapter.
