Supported Operating Systems

Supported Operating Systems
Linux
The Linux installer identifies your distribution from 
/etc/os-release and only proceeds on an explicitly supported combination:
Distribution
Supported Versions
Ubuntu
20.04, 22.04, 24.04
Debian
11, 12, 13
Linux Mint
20, 21, 22
Pop!_OS
20.04, 22.04, 24.04
Zorin OS
16, 17, 18
elementary OS
6, 7, 8
Any other distribution ID causes the installer to stop immediately with an unsupported-OS error, rather than attempting a best-effort install.
Additional Linux requirements:
apt-based systems only. The installer uses 
apt-get for package management and Docker's Ubuntu/Debian repositories (with derivative distributions falling back to the underlying Ubuntu codename). RHEL/CentOS/Fedora/openSUSE/Arch and other non-apt distributions are not currently supported.
systemd is required. GateBeacon's background services (tunnel client, terminal access, route sync) run as systemd units.
Windows
There is no hard-coded Windows version check in the installer, but functionality depends on the Windows OpenSSH Client optional feature, which is available starting with:
Windows 10, version 1809, or later
Windows Server 2019, or later
Earlier Windows releases are not supported. The installer will attempt to enable the OpenSSH Client feature automatically if it is not already present, but this requires the underlying Windows version to support it.
Additional Windows requirements:
Administrator rights are required to run the installer.
Known Limitations
ARM devices are not officially validated. There is no documented ARM-specific packaging for either platform. If you plan to enroll ARM hardware (for example, a Raspberry Pi), check with support before relying on it in production.
Platform-specific catalog apps. The IIS Web Server catalog application is Windows-only. Most other catalog applications are Docker-based and Linux-only. App Publishing HTTPS is the one catalog entry that works identically on both platforms. See Other Catalog Applications for the full per-app platform matrix.
Next Steps
Confirm your device matches the table above, then continue to Enrolling a Linux Device or Enrolling a Windows Device.