The following operating systems are officially supported:
Windows 7 (64-bit, Professional level or higher)
Mac OS X 10.6.1+
Ubuntu 9.10 (64bit)
Ubuntu 8.04 (32bit/64bit)
For convenience the following builds are also available:
Windows XP SP3, Vista
Mac OSX (10.5 and 10.6) Intel
Ubuntu 8.04 (i386/x64)
Ubuntu 9.04 (i386/x64)
Fedora 11 (i386/x64)
MySQL Workbench also has the following general requirements:
The Microsoft .NET 3.5 Framework.
Cairo 1.6.0 or later
glib-2.10
libxml-2.6
libsigc++ 2.0
pcre
libzip
For convenience the Windows libraries are available as the download “Dependencies for Compiling in Windows”.
On start up, the application checks the OpenGL version and selects between software and hardware rendering. To determine the rendering method that is being used, open the menu and choose the submenu.