Re: [wsjt-devel] Windows compatibility WSJT-X and improved

[Joe <ns...@mw...>]

I agree, My win 10 machine here can outperform 75% of available win 11 
machines ya can buy.

but it can't use Win 11 because of the security crap it insists on having.

let ME decide if i want the extra level of security.

All Win 11 is a way for them to make everyone buy new stuff

Joe WB9SBD

On 5/1/2025 10:57 AM, Larry Banks via wsjt-devel wrote:
> $$$ and upgrade difficulty, especially if the CPU is too old.
>
> Larry / W1DYJ
>
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> On 5/1/2025 11:22, Greg Walls via wsjt-devel wrote:
>> As a former IT Professional of 32 years, why would anyone be on an 
>> unsupported platform, especially when upgrades to Windows 11 are 
>> free? I wonder if these guys are still driving their first car.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On May 1, 2025, at 10:06 AM, Uwe, DG2YCB via wsjt-devel 
>>> <wsj...@li...> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi Andy,
>>>
>>> You are causing a lot of confusion with such half-baked statements. 
>>> Like always, and for good reasons, the Windows installation packages 
>>> for all WSJT-X Improved versions are being created using Qt 5.12.12. 
>>> This gives the best possible backwards compatibility (down to 
>>> Windows 7), as well as the rest results in terms of rendering the 
>>> various controls (also when Dark Style is enabled). This tool chain 
>>> has not been changed over the past months.
>>>
>>> As you know, we've spent many days of work trying to help you with 
>>> your "special" setup on an old Windows 8.1. system. During these 
>>> tests, you confirmed that all is working well on your Windows 10 
>>> computer. And no one else has ever reported similar issues than you 
>>> with your setup.
>>>
>>> Please do me a favor and stop confusing others. If you don't 
>>> understand why we invest months of work to offer a data set for Qt6 
>>> in addition to the existing Qt5 source code, then any further 
>>> discussion about it here is not worthwhile anyway. Other OMs who 
>>> know what this is for are very grateful for this work. And if at 
>>> some point in the future you should buy more modern equipment (maybe 
>>> even Linux-based), then you will be grateful to us one day why we 
>>> were so wise and foresighted in 2024 and 2025 to develop the 
>>> necessary source code for it and keep it up to date.
>>>
>>> 73 de DG2YCB,
>>> Uwe
>>> ________________________________________
>>> German Amateur Radio Station DG2YCB
>>> Dr. Uwe Risse
>>> eMail: dg...@gm...
>>> Info: www.qrz.com/db/DG2YCB
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 01.05.2025 um 13:55 schrieb Andy Durbin via wsjt-devel:
>>>> "Both Windows 7 or 8.x version support will not be available for Qt 
>>>> 6. Microsoft discontinued the support for both Windows versions 
>>>> some time ago, and as a vendor, we can no longer maintain support 
>>>> for these windows versions in Qt 6. Windows 7 (both 32bit and 
>>>> 64bit) was supported as a target in Qt 5.15 LTS and Windows 8.1 
>>>> (both 32bit and 64bit) as a target in Qt 5.12 LTS. This means that 
>>>> we will not have 32bit Windows support available. Additionally, it 
>>>> will no longer be possible to create UWP applications on Windows 10."
>>>>
>>>> ref - https://www.qt.io/blog/qt6-development-hosts-and-targets
>>>>
>>>> I have found that 2.8.0 improved is not compatible with Win 8.1 and 
>>>> no one has said that it works for them.
>>>>
>>>> Should the WSJT-X Windows compatibility statement be revised?  It 
>>>> currently states - " (Windows 7 and later)" which was true for 
>>>> 2.7.0 but may not be true if later official releases use Qt6.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Andy, k3wyc
>>>>
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