> Well, IIRC, Maxima (and others) show that there are more Windows users than any other platforms.
This is likely because Windows doesn't have a packaging system, so all users need to go to the website and downloads the software directly. On the other hand, Linux and BSD distributions have good porting/packaging systems. Each of them downloads the source tarball once, builds a package, and users then install packages using package manager software. One packaging system only downloads the tarball once (or once in a while) while many users are using the software. On Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 6:51:26 AM UTC-7 oldk1331 wrote: > > > On 7/20/22 21:38, Waldek Hebisch wrote: > >> Well, I'm surprised by the high number of windows binary download. > >> (Of course, most Linux users get FriCAS from distro's package manager.) > > > > There were no Windows binaries in several years. So probably > > people that used old versions or did not use FriCAS on Windows > > took opportunity to fetch new version. > > Well, IIRC, Maxima (and others) show that there are more Windows users > than any other platforms. I do wonder how many of these Windows > downloads are new users. (And how many of these new users will turn into > long term users.) > > - Qian > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/41b7de05-9dcb-45a0-a24c-2aed23aba2fan%40googlegroups.com.
