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Re: [LUG] Personal finance

 

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:18:56 +0100
Simon Robert wrote:

> On 08/06/10 11:42, tom wrote:
> > On 08/06/10 09:33, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> >> I have used gnucash for a long time now. However it is soon time
> >> to move on from Kubuntu Hardy. I think that I will probably go to
> >> Mint Xfce. While thinking about this I had a look at Kmymoney. I
> >> was able to import the data from gnucash and I have been looking
> >> at it. Mint Xfce seems to
> >> have kmymoney easily available but not gnucash.
> >>
> >> Anyway, I am wondering what list members think about the two
> >> programs. Is it simply a matter of personal choice, or is one
> >> better for whatever reasons.
> >>
> >> Any opinions anyone...??
> >>
> >> Neil
> >>
> >>
> > I think GnuCash has now gone to a DB based setup. This may not seem 
> > like much but at least you have a chance of growing* with it and 
> > writing your own reports.
> > By growing I mean moving from a single user to multiple users
> > without having to throw away/convert  all that data and starting
> > again. I've not looked in detail but I might as its account time
> > soon! Tom te tom te tom
> >
> Don't know if this would would work, but as mint is debian/buntu
> based you could add the ubuntu repositories that have gnucash and try 
> installing from that.
> 
> Also there is another finance package, which I know nothing about, 
> called ifreebudget. This has a .deb package available form its
> website, http://www.ifreebudget.com/. Might be worth a look?
> 
> Simon

Normal warning about installing random .deb files from websites...
almost as bad as installing random setup.exe files on a Windows box!

I'm using kmymoney (at the moment).

Grant.

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