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Re: [LUG] Finance management software?

 

With GNUCash, is the problem you're having in understanding it the
fact it uses double-entry bookkeeping? That's the standard in
professional accounting so it might be worth having a look at a couple
of articles on it.
Regards, Ross Bearman



On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Jaan Jänesmäe <secrgb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I had the same problem so I decided to create one myself ... sadly currently
> still in development and it will be web based. If interested then PM me, we
> can arrange something.
> Jaan.
>
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have decided (wisely or not given the "credit crunch") to go
>> self-employed.  I'm looking for some software (either a single
>> application,
>> or some things that I can tie together nicely) that's fairly easy to use
>> and covers the following:
>>
>> + Keeping track of customers (simple details)
>> + Keeping track of work done for each customer (has to support multiple
>> work-types per customer)
>> + Producing invoices for customers
>> + Keeping track of income and expenditure
>>
>> I've had a look at Sage 50 (because it was available), but it looks a bit
>> big for my boots, plus... it's Sage, which is hardly Free Software.
>> Likewise (size-wise) with Gnucash (unless anyone can suggest an
>> idiot-proof
>> tutorial on how to set it up (why 'blah' needs to be set up as 'blah' - I
>> really haven't the first clue when it comes to accounting type things) and
>> use it).  I've looked at Eqonomize!, but it doesn't seem to quite fit the
>> bill (unless I'm doing something wrong... always a possibility); I've had
>> a
>> look at GnoTime, which (so far) seems a bit awkward to use in this
>> context;
>> HomeBank, KMyMoney and Grisbi all seem targeted at plain ol' bank account
>> management; Kraft won't work without a MySQL database.
>>
>> Anyone got any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers.
>> Grant.
>>
>>
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