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On what operating systems can run {{VLC}} ?

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|+ '''Windows''' 
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!width="15%"| [[Windows|Windows 9x 98/Me]]
|width="12%" {{yes}} ''(not supported)'' || Although it is not supported anymore, VLC should work flawlessly on Windows 98 and Windows ME.
You need to install the unicode package to make it work.
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! [[Windows|Windows 2000]]
| {{yes}} || 
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! [[Windows|Windows Xp]]
| {{yes}} ||
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! [[Windows|Windows NT 4.0]]
| {{yes}} ''(not supported)'' || Although it is not supported anymore, VLC should work on Windows NT4.0, 
but with major issues due to the lack of a correct DirectX support. 
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! [[Windows|Windows Vista]]
| {{yes}} || VLC has still some problems with Vista, but it works. 
Read the [http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=32513 forum thread] on that matter.
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|+ '''*nix''' 
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!width="15%"| [[Linux]]
|width="12%"  {{Yes}} || VLC works perfectly under linux.
The team supports the [[Debian]] Version. However [[Ubuntu]], [[Gentoo]], [[SuSE|OpenSuse]], <br />
[[Mandriva]], [[RedHat|Fedora Core]] are often tested by the team, <br />
but the packages are not made by the VideoLAN team. 
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! *BSD
| {{yes}} || VLC should work without any problem. 
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! Solaris 
| {{middle}} || VLC is buildable under Solaris after some adaptations. 
Reports have said that those were doable. 
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! Other Unixes
| {{middle}} || Same as Solaris 
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! BeOS
| {{yes}} ||
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|+ '''Mac OS''' 
!width="15%"| Mac OS 9 
|width="12%"  {{no}} || Mac OS 9 was never supported and will not be because of the deprecation of the platform. 
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! Mac OS X ''(<10.2)''
| {{yes}} || Use VLC 0.8.4a 
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! Mac OS X ''(10.3)''
| {{yes}} || Use VLC 0.8.6b 
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! Mac OS X ''(>10.4)''
| {{yes}} || Use any up-to-date version of VLC.
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|+ '''PDA OSes''' 
!width="15%"| Windows CE 
|width="12%" {{middle}} || You can find some version [http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/wince/ here].
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! Palm OS
| {{no}} || No version done. Lacks a lot of features needed by VLC. Feel free to port it!
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! Symbian 
| {{no}} || No version done. Feel free to port it!
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|+ '''Other OSes''' 
!width="15%"| PSP
| width="12%" {{yes}} unsupported || There is a port of VLC on the PSP done by an external team.
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! PS3
| {{yes}} || VLC runs under YDL5 on the PS3.
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! OS/2
| {{no}} || No version done. Feel free to port it!
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