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 ownCloud |version| Release Notes
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-Recommended Setup for Running ownCloud
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-
-For best performance, stability, support, and full functionality we recommend:
-
-* LAMP stack with Apache HTTP server and separate database/storage server
-* PHP 5.4+ with APC cache enabled
-* MySQL with InnoDB, and buffer cache increased to 16MB
-* MySQL Query Cache enabled
-* Windows 7 or Mac 10.8 desktop clients
-* Webkit browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
-* Mobile apps on Android 4+, iOS 7+
-* WebDAV Clients: Cyber Duck and NetDrive (for mounting via a Windows drive 
-  letter)
-
-Supported Server Platforms
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-
-Full Packages:
-
-* Debian 7, 8
-* RHEL / Centos 6.5, 6.6 and 7
-* Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and 15.04
-* SLES 12 (once PHP dependencies (e.g. posix) are added)
-    
-Only as .tar files:
-
-* Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
-* SLES 11 sp3
-
-Other server components:
-
-* PHP 5.4 + required
-* Databases: MySQL/MariaDB 5.x; Oracle 11g; PostgreSQL
-* Hypervisors: Hyper-V, VMware ESX, Xen, KVM
-
-Supported Desktop Platforms
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-
-In general, we will support the most recent two releases of operating systems 
-that are still supported by upstream or by the publisher. Currently this 
-includes:
-
-* Windows 7+
-* Mac OS X 10.7+ (64-bit only)
-* CentOS 6.6, 7 (7 is 64 bit only)
-* Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 15.04
-* Fedora 21, 22
-* Debian 7,8
-* openSUSE 13.1, 13.2
-
-Supported Mobile Platforms
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-
-* iOS 7+
-* Android 4+
-
-Supported Web Browsers
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-
-* IE8+ (except compatibility mode)
-* Firefox v35+
-* Chrome v40+, 
-* Safari v5+
-
-Not Supported With any ownCloud Version
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-
-* Native Windows WebDAV clients
-* Windows RT
-* SQLite in production
-
 Changes in 8.2
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