[Techtalk] "I need to use Windows because ..."
Poppy
sylph at cyber-dyne.com
Sun Aug 11 09:59:17 EST 2002
Just so you're aware, this is all I saw when I opened this message:
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Granted, I don't have the latest and greatest evolution (didn't work on
my system), but still...
On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 05:31, Nils Philippsen wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 20:09, Suzi Anvin wrote:
> > 2) Data analysis tools. I needs an SPSS (Statistical Package for the
> > social sciences) clone for linux. Something that can do complex
> > ANOVA's, correlations on a large number of variables, hierarchical
> > regression equations, factor analysis, etc. and spit out all the
> > numbers into a pretty presentation ready forms. (and pretty please add
> > a scripting language that is actually useful for writing in equations
> > the program doesn't have? please?) I've had people ask which *excell*
> > functions I need a database program in Linux to emulate (which means
> > they don't even have that many functions?). LOL. Excell has a lot of
> > stats, but it won't let you set enough parameters, and it doesn't do
> > complex multivariate stuff. I know many students over many fields,
> > including some in mathematics and physics, that use this software to do
> > data analysis, so while it may be specialized, it isn't rare. EVERY
> > university has a liscence for it, as far as I know.
> >
> > I know this one is asking for something more specialized than the
> > average user needs, but it is something I need. :) I'm thinking that
> > GNUmeric looks wonderfully modular and could be used as the starting
> > point to create this. And I'm learning C as we speak... But I would be
> > so thrilled if it existed and I didn't even know it!
>
> There is a project called "PSPP"
> (http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/pspp.html) which interprets SPSS
> language, but apparently doesn't do all things SPSS does (yet).
>
> > 3) turbo tax clone. I can't afford to pay for an accountant to actually
> > write up the whole tax thingy for me, although our family taxes are
> > complex enough that we often consult with someone on the details.
> > Filing by hand would be unreasonable by now. I know this would be a
> > VERY difficult project, especially since it changes every year.
>
> Well, here in Germany I know of at least one tax program for Linux. I
> know that doesn't help you much ;-/.
>
> > 4) still struggling with general laptop peripheral issues. Linux laptop
> > and USB support sucks. Sorry, it just does. I am having trouble with
> > scanner support, camera support (had trouble getting Gphoto2 to install,
> > *sigh*), reading flash cards (it simply doesn't recognise them), CD
> > drive support for things like rescue CD's (*big sigh*) and have yet to
> > play with the palm pilot software but I worry about that too... I can't
> > leave my USB CD drive plugged in for the constant stream of packets it
> > sends back and forth with the OS, which slows the machine to a crawl, etc_______________________________________________
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