Operating Systems Supported

• MySQL has compiled successfully on the following combinations of operating system and thread package.
  • AIX 4.x, 5.x with native threads.
  • Amiga.
  • FreeBSD 5.x and up with native threads.
  • HP-UX 11.x with the native threads.
  • Linux builds on all Linux distributions with glibc 2.3.
  • Mac OS X.
  • NetBSD 1.3/1.4 Intel and NetBSD 1.3 Alpha.
  • Novell NetWare 6.0 and 6.5.
  • OpenBSD 2.5 and with native threads.
  • SCO Openserver 6.0.x.
  • SCO UnixWare 7.1.x.
  • SGI Irix 6.x with native threads.
  • Solaris 2.5 and above with native threads on SPARC and x86.
  • Tru64 Unix.
  • Windows 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003.

• MySQL performance depends on:
  • A stable thread library.
  • The kernel and the thread library ability to take advantage of symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems.
  • General filesystem stability and performance.

Which distribution should I install?

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