largely in [Java](http://java.com) with a small platform-specific library
works identically on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems!
-## Features ##
+The firmware and associated software are licensed [GPL version 2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
-### User View ###
+## Available Versions ##
-Documentation is coming soon, but in the meantime,
-most operations in the second-generation GUI are pretty easy to figure out.
+[[!inline pages="./releases/*.mdwn and !*/Discussion" show="10"
+actions=no ]]
-### Developer View ###
+The latest source is always available from [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com)
+in the project [fw/altos](http://git.gag.com/?p=fw/altos;a=summary).
-* The firmware and associated software are licensed [GPL version 2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
+## Features ##
-## Artifacts ##
+More documentation is coming soon, but in the meantime,
+most operations in the second-generation GUI are pretty easy to figure out.
-The source is available from [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) in the project
-[fw/altos](http://git.gag.com/?p=fw/altos;a=summary).
+## Platform Specific Notes ##
### Linux ###
apt-get install altos
If you use some other distribution of Linux, then
-a [Linux package](Altos-Linux.tgz) of our second-generation Java bits that
+a Linux package of our second-generation Java bits that
should run on any distribution with a modern Java version is also
available. Unlike the Debian pacakge, which depends on various libraries
already part of the Debian distribution, this package includes a "fat" jar
### Mac ###
-A [Mac OS X package](Altos-Mac.zip) that is compatible with
-versions 10.5 "Leopard" and later (including 10.6 "Snow Leopard") is now
+A Mac OS X package that is compatible with
+versions 10.5 "Leopard" and later (including 10.6 "Snow Leopard") is
available. The Mac operating system includes Java, and all Altus Metrum
products show up as simple USB serial ports, so this should just work
with no additional drivers or other dependency issues. Older versions of
### Windows ###
-Our [Windows package](Altos-Windows.zip) is known to work on XP and
-32-bit Windows 7 Enterprise. If you don't already have Java installed,
+Our Windows package is known to work on at least some flavors of XP, Vista, and
+Windows 7 Enterprise. If you don't already have Java installed,
download and install a current Java 6 version from [java.com](http://java.com)
-first. Then download our zip and extract the files. Windows already has
-the required USB serial device driver, but you will probably need to manually
-point to the telemetrum.inf file included in the download when you first plug
-in an Altus Metrum device to "train" Windows to know that it's ok to use the
-existing driver to support our products. Once that's taken care of, just
-clicking on the 'altosui' program should work to launch the user interface.
-Reports of success or failure with other versions of Windows would be
-appreciated!
-
+first. Then download our installer and run it. Windows already has
+the required USB serial device driver, and our package should do the right
+things to bind it to our devices, but if you get a complaint about the device
+being unrecognized, try pointing to the copy of the telemetrum.inf file
+included in the package directory manually. Reports of success or failure
+with other versions of Windows would be appreciated!
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