I'll try checking into that. One possible problem would be for those who have and need VMWare installed. In the past VMWare and Hypervisor (apparently a requirement for WSL) were not compatible and Hypervisor had to be disabled. That was about 5 years ago so it might have changed but certainly not for older versions of Windows 10. And there we go again ....
Al On 02.09.2021 00:26, Ben Pfaff wrote: > 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 > <mailto: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 > <mailto:gesis....@gnu.org>> Im Auftrag von ajk-eis > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. September 2021 03:20 > An: pspp-users@gnu.org <mailto: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/> > > <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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
