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# AltOS
AltOS is the name of Keith's firmware "operating system" for
Windows 8](Win8) which will help you install the operating system
drivers needed to communicate with the USB hardware.
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+If you're running a recent version of Mac OS X, you'll probably need
+to read [Installing AltosUI on Mac OS X](MacOSX). This describes how
+to get rid of the the 'App is damaged' messages and run the program.
+
+Each available download includes AltosUI, documentation, and firmware updates
+for all current products.
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## Source Code ##
apt-get update
apt-get install altos
-If you use [Ubuntu](http://ubuntulinux.org), pre-built packages are available
-from [this PPA](https://launchpad.net/~sconklin/+archive/altos/)
-maintained by Steve Conklin and friends.
-
If you use some other distribution of Linux, then
a Linux package of our second-generation Java bits that
should run on any distribution with a modern Java version is also