I believe that Windows can run GNU/Linux software now, via WSL. Has anyone tried this with PSPP?
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 11:12 PM Quandt, Markus <markus.qua...@gesis.org> wrote: > Al, everyone - just to mention again that I find it really exciting that > this exchange is opening up the option of having ready-made Windows > binaries again. That would be really great. > > And yes, I agree with the reasoning about the Windows 10 binaries being > what is really needed, by 90+ % of the potential users running *any* > Windows version. If that is a consideration at all, between those two I > would even focus the effort on the x64 version, to make it more > future-proof, as x32 support seems to start fading away? > > And a huge "thank you" to Harry for the long-time work with the existing > Windows binaries. > > Markus > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Pspp-users <pspp-users-bounces+markus.quandt=gesis....@gnu.org> Im > Auftrag von ajk-eis > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. September 2021 03:20 > An: pspp-users@gnu.org > Betreff: Re: PSPPP for windows > > Harry - I find your reasoning noble but do think that when less fortunate > are running such old systems (as they no doubt are) they probably would not > be updating frequently as long as the installation "works". IOW an older > build (your last?) is probably sufficient. > > Another group are the academic students and classes who normally would > have up to date systems be it Windows or Apple (WINE). They would benefit > from the latest builds and IMHO the x86 and x64 Windows builds would be > entirely sufficient. > > I will probably contact you off group in the next few days if you are > comfortable with that. > > Al > > On 01.09.2021 09:59, Harry Thijssen wrote: > > reply to several posts in this forum > > > > Older versions of PSPP for MSwindows are still available on: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/ > > <https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/> > > I have no intention to remove these versions so I guess they will be > > available for a long time. However as pointed out I won't be building > > new builds. So the published builds are more and more outdated. > > > > The reason that there are no new builds is that there is a change in > > the PSPP sources witch makes it necessary to refactoring the > > procedures to build the MSWindows binary. As I wanted to retire from > > the project anyhow it was the natural time to stop with publishing my > > builds. > > > > The decision which MSWindows version to support is off course to the > > volunteer who offers his/her spare time to this work. Or the company > > who pays for it. > > For me it was very important to support less fortunate people. There > > are large parts of the world where people can not afford the newest > > hardware. Certainly not on schools for education of pupils. There are > > lots of computers who have not the power to run a newer version as > > MSWindows XP, and to my knowledge some of them run PSPP to teach > > pupils the basics of statistics. > > > > To everybody, feel free to create new MSWindows builds. My procedures > > are published so you can take them and use them to get ideas how it > > can be done. The latest release is downloaded more as 200.000 times > > from sourceforge alone, so there is a demand. > > > > Stay safe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
