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<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHOS" id="WHICHOS">2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</a></h3>
<p>At present, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is known to run on Windows 95 and later versions (98, ME,
- 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 etc.), GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Slackware and others), Mac OS
- X (10.4 and upwards on PPC and Intel processors), OS/2, Haiku, DragonFly, ElectroBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
- Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix.</p>
- <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> used to work on AmigaOS and QNX, too, but the code currently isn't
- maintained and its status unknown. It might no longer compile, but getting it working again shouldn't be too
- hard.</p>
- <p>But any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take advantage of <span class=
+ 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11 etc.), GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo,
+ Slackware and others), Mac OS X (10.4 and upwards on PPC and Intel processors), Haiku, DragonFly, ElectroBSD,
+ FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix.</p>
+ <p>The binaries provided by members of the Privoxy team have the following testing platforms, earliest supported
+ OS versions and processor architectures. Be aware that down-level versions of Privoxy contain known security
+ issues. <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">It is preferable to build the latest code to target earlier OS
+ releases than use an earlier Privoxy release</i></span>:</p>
+ <div class="TABLE">
+ <a name="AEN296" id="AEN296"></a>
+ <p><b>Table 1. Operating system support for binaries provided by Privoxy team members</b></p>
+ <table border="1" frame="border" rules="all" class="CALSTABLE">
+ <col>
+ <col>
+ <col>
+ <col>
+ <col>
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Operating System</th>
+ <th>Privoxy Release</th>
+ <th>Testing Platforms</th>
+ <th>Earliest OS Version Supported</th>
+ <th>Processor Architectures</th>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td>Windows</td>
+ <td>3.0.33</td>
+ <td>Windows 10</td>
+ <td>Windows Vista</td>
+ <td>Intel 32 and 64 bit</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> </td>
+ <td>3.0.32</td>
+ <td>Windows 10</td>
+ <td>Windows XP</td>
+ <td>Intel 32 and 64 bit</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>macOS</td>
+ <td>3.0.33</td>
+ <td>El Capitan (10.11.6)</td>
+ <td>Snow Leopard (10.6.1)</td>
+ <td>Intel 64 bit</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> </td>
+ <td>3.0.26</td>
+ <td>El Capitan (10.11.6), Tiger (10.4.1) PPC</td>
+ <td>Tiger (10.4.1)</td>
+ <td>Intel 32 & 64 bit, PowerPC</td>
+ </tr>
+ </tbody>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+ <p>Any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take advantage of <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> in a networked situation where <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> would run as
a server on a LAN gateway. Then only the <span class="QUOTE">"gateway"</span> needs to be running one of the
above operating systems.</p>
- <p>Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating systems is always a possibility.</p>
+ <p>Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating systems is always a possibility, as is
+ compiling for older versions of supported operating systems.</p>
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<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="EMAIL-CLIENT" id="EMAIL-CLIENT">2.3. Can I use Privoxy with my email client?</a></h3>
client isn't explicitly configured to use <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, but where possible,
configuring the client is recommended. See <a href="../user-manual/startup.html" target="_top">the User Manual
for more details</a>. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any cached junk
- items, and remove any stored <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target="_top">cookies</a>.</p>
+ items, and remove any stored <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
+ "_top">cookies</a>.</p>
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<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="LOCALHOST" id="LOCALHOST">2.5. What is the proxy address of Privoxy?</a></h3>
cache. Note that shift-reloading the dummy page won't help, since that'll only refresh the dummy page, not the
redirection that lead you there.</p>
<p>The procedure for clearing the cache varies from browser to browser. For example, <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Mozilla/Netscape</span> users would click <span class="GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> --> <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Mozilla/Netscape</span> users would click <span class="GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> --> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Cache</span> and then click both <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Memory
Cache</span>"</span> and <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Disk Cache</span>"</span>. In some
- <span class="APPLICATION">Firefox</span> versions it's <span class="GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Options</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Privacy</span> --> <span class=
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Firefox</span> versions it's <span class="GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Options</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Privacy</span> --> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Cache</span> and then click <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Cache
Now</span>"</span>.</p>
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