[#95] Python 3 and Linux

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 # Inselect on Linux
 
-These instructions use
-[Continuum's Miniconda](http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html)
-Python distribution.
 Tested on Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04, all with 2GB RAM.
-Inselect uses Python 3.4+ and OpenCV 3. Ubuntu does not presently provide a
-system package of OpenCV's Python 3 bindings. To run Inselect with system
-packages, you will need to compile OpenCV.
+Inselect runs on Python 3.4 or later and OpenCV 3.
+While Ubuntu provides a `deb` package for Python 3, it does not provide
+(at time of writing) a `deb` package of Python 3 bindings for `OpenCV`.
+For these reasons, and to provide a consistent environment among distributions,
+we recommend using
+[Continuum's Miniconda](http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html) as shown below.
+To run Inselect with system packages, you will need to compile OpenCV.
 
 # Install Miniconda
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Inselect is written in [Python](https://www.python.org/), [Qt](http://www.qt.io/
 and [OpenCV](http://opencv.org/). Read instructions for
 [developing on Mac OS X](DevelopingOnMacOSX.md),
 [developing on Windows](DevelopingOnWindows.md) and [releasing](Releasing.md).
+Versions of Inselect between v0.1.1 to v0.1.34 inclusive run on Python 2.7.
+Starting with v0.1.35, Inselect runs on Python 3 only. This should not affect
+you unless you are running Inselect on Linux - see
+[developing on Linux](DevelopingOnLinux.md) for instructions.
 
 ## License