how to download

[Colin Law]

On 14 March 2018 at 21:51, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On 2018-03-14 17:32, Colin Law wrote:
> > When I go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/ the green
> > button says on it "Download latest version gnucash-2.6.29-tar.bz2(13.6MB)
> ".
> > But I am using LInux. Does it change dependent on which OS one is using?
>
> Apparently it does. I see "Download Latest Version /
> gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe", which certainly _sounds_ like a Windows
> installer. If memory serves, that's the one I installed on this laptop
> last month.
>

OK, that explains it.  The fact that I got there by following the link from
gnucash.org to download the windows version suggested to me that the
Download button aught to download the Windows version.  Silly me!

Colin


>
> I have JavaScript turned off, so apparently either Windows is the
> default, or it can tell my OS without using JavaScript.
>
> I don't know why the OP is so down on Sourceforge. They tarnished their
> reputation by bundling crapware in the installers, last year or the year
> before, but they took note when they were blasted by a bunch of Web
> sites and cleaned up their act.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Stan Brown
> Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://BrownMath.com
> http://OakRoadSystems.com
>