Linux and Auditory Research

[mdshaver]

I was curious if any hearing researchers use Linux. I think some of the main benefits over Windows concerning auditory research include (1) price of software (i.e., free), (2) lack of slowdown over time, (3) resistance to viruses and spyware, as well as probably others. In terms of statistical packages, SPSS is available for Linux but there are many free alternatives. The most powerful is R which is a dialect of the S language. As I am not familiar with this language I do not have experience with it; however, it seems that many statisticians love it and it is also free. A clone of SPSS, called PSPP, is also available for free but it is somewhat limited. My preference is for a Windows program called OpenStat that works perfectly through the Wine emulator.

In terms of graphing programs, there are also manychoices: GnuPlot, Gnumeric, RLPlot, OpenOffice, Grace, etc.

Some word processors include OpenOffice, AbiWord, and KOffice.

One specific program for auditory research that I just became aware of is called APEX 3
https://gilbert.med.kuleuven.be/web/...:Software/APEX

[derall]

The most powerful is R which is a dialect of the S language. As I am not familiar with this language I do not have experience with it; however, it seems that many statisticians love it and it is also free.

R is also available for Windows. Great language and I do all my stats with it. Very easy to use