Macintosh and Linux Products


Software for Macintosh and Linux

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Macintosh and Linux:
Most of our development work has focussed on the Windows platform because a lot more people use Windows for Tibetan studies than the Macintosh and Linux. We have two main products for Windows. One is TibetD Reader and the other TibetDoc.

TibetD Reader is the software provided with all of our dictionaries, texts, and reference works. We have a version of TibetD Reader for both the Macintosh and Linux platforms. It is simpler in design that the one for Windows but is still very functional. At the moment, we have three dictionaries that come with this version of TibetD Reader: The Illuminator, Sarat Chandra Das, and Geshe Chodrak dictionaries.

We have many texts and other dictionaries available on our PKTC site besides the three mentioned above that are not directly supported on Macintosh and Linux using our TibetD Reader software. Many Mac users like to purchase one of our Windows products with TibetD Reader and run it under Parallels, etc. They then have access to the whole range of free texts that we provide on our PKTC site. Using Parallels or other virtual Windows software is a very realistic way for Mac users to gain access to the large amounts of work that has gone into programming our Windows software and all of the texts and reference works that go with it. Again, we do not have a solution for Linux users though some of our customers have said that they can make our Windows products work successfully under Linux.

Our other main product for Windows is our wordprocessor and pecha-maker called TibetDoc. There is no equivalent available, nor envisaged for, either the Macintosh or Linux. However, TibetDoc can be used flawlessly on the Macintosh by running it under Parallels or one of the other Virtual PC programs that are available for the Macintosh products. This kind of setup has been tested by us and many of our customers and it does work flawlessly. We do not have a solution for Linux users though some of our customers have said that they can make our Windows products work successfully under Linux.

For information about updates to the TibetD Reader for the Mac and Linux and The Illuminator Tibetan-English Dictionary for both platforms, see our updates page.