Mention Python 3 in "getting started" guide

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Installing
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You will need Python. (Beets is written for `Python 2.7`_. 2.6 support has been
dropped, and Python 3.x is not yet supported.)
You will need Python.
Beets works on `Python 2.7`_ and Python 3.4 or later.
.. _Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/download/
* **macOS** v10.7 (Lion) and later include Python 2.7 out of the box.
You can opt for Python 3 by installing it via `Homebrew`_:
``brew install python3``
* On **Debian or Ubuntu**, depending on the version, beets is available as an
official package (`Debian details`_, `Ubuntu details`_), so try typing:
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.. _beets is in [community]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/beets/
If you have `pip`_, just say ``pip install beets`` (you might need ``sudo`` in
front of that). On Arch, you'll need to use ``pip2`` instead of ``pip``.
front of that).
To install without pip, download beets from `its PyPI page`_ and run ``python
setup.py install`` in the directory therein.