Instead of Word and Endnotes, use Latex and bibtex, bit of a learning curve, but much better results, James
On 04/10/10 21:11, Angus Hedger wrote: > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:12:04 +0100 > AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings list >> >> I have just started a Ph.D. program and want to check out the >> availability of the following two software apps that the university >> uses on their Windows machines: >> >> SPSS >> EndNotes >> >> The first is a statistical package for social science and the second >> is a bibliographic referencing system. I am using Mendeley which >> does have a Deb package, but many of my colleagues are using EndNote >> and I will need to familiarise myself with the application just in >> case Mendeley doesn't work out as well as I would hope. >> >> So, does anyone know whether SPSS has a Debian friendly release (or, >> for that matter, how well it might work with WINE) and ditto with >> EndNote? > > Maybe try PSPP [1]? It seems to be fully compatable with SPSS. > > Wine has no notes for newer versions of SPSS, but it seems X3 worked, > kinda, under WINE, as always, ymmv and it can be quite hard to get > stuff working well enough for use. > > This thread [2] seems to have some alternatives for EndNotes, though it > is a old (2008) thread, I am not sure how relative it will be to you. > > Also, this arical [3] has some other alternatives to Endnotes, it is > newer ( 29th September 2010) so it may be more relevant. > >> I am familiar with R, so the question is not about an alternative >> statistical package but really about about the opportunity to use >> SPSS on a Debian testing machine. >> >> Thanks for any thoughts. > > I hope this is some help. > >> AG > > > [1]http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/ > [2] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=781843 > [3] http://www.linux.ie/newusers/alternatives.php > > ------ > Regards, > > Angus Hedger > > Debian GNU/Linux User PGP Public Key 0xEE6A4B97 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4caa39fc.2080...@googlemail.com
