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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. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html