Note for OSX and Windows users PD, GEM and PDP are multi platform and besides Linux can be used under OSX and Windows.
PDP does not and will never run on Windows.
There will be a special 'installing PD and GEM crash course on the first day of the workshop, which will take beginners through the process of installation step by step. OSX users should take into account that installing PDP on their machines might not be possible during the limited time of the workshop.
i think it should take one hour.
A step by step manual is available online.
whatever.., sevy