how to download

[Dave H]

The download link target you click on http://gnucash.org/ also differs
depending on which OS you select to download if you come in that way....

Cheers DaveH.

On 15 March 2018 at 08:35, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:51:28 -0400 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.
> >
> > I have JavaScript turned off, so apparently either Windows is the
> > default, or it can tell my OS without using JavaScript.
>
> JavaScript is not needed to tell what your O/S is.  It is in the User Agent
> header sent by your browser.
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> --
> Robert Heller             -- 978-544-6933
> Deepwoods Software        -- Custom Software Services
> http://www.deepsoft.com/  -- Linux Administration Services
> heller at deepsoft.com       -- Webhosting Services
>
>