Re: Full replacement of MS
On Tuesday 30 November 2004 12:33 am, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 22:21 -0500, Christian Convey wrote:
> >>The only other things I really care about working under Linux are:
> >>- Quicken, which sufficiently well under Wine that I have no complaints,
> >> and
> >
> > There are a few different alternatives in Linux. Personally, I use
> > gnucash and I love it, but if you're not familiar with double-entry
> > accounting it can be hard to get used to. (Though if you're actually
> > serious about tracking your finances you REALLY should learn
> > double-entry anyway.)
>
> Do any of those do any syncing with the banks like Quicken does? I
> finally weened myself from Quicken when I got pissed off at Wells Fargo for
> the final time. It was nice, though, to have Quicken sync with them
> whenever I started it up. Entry? What entry? It was all right there.
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Hey All. Not sure why this thread got all you old timers out of retirement,
but glad you all are still around.
Steve about 2 months ago, I switched over the last "needed" application that
I used that was Windows based, & was 'necessary..that being my banking
software from M$ Money to "MoneyDance" It is a Java based app that is very
similar to Quicken and is commercial software that runs nicely on My Debian
systems. It does provide online downloads for many different types of
financial institutions and of course for banks. If for some reason your bank
is not listed, they will work to get it set up for you. Worst case scenerio,
you can download the ofx files from the bank server and update the accounts
manually. I also am able to use it to export files for incorporation into a
Postgresql database that is the basis for all of my business bookeeping using
SQL-Ledger.
As to the original poster's question: I advise a second HD installation since
they are pretty cheap now and dual boot for a while. Then when 'your'
confidence in Linux capabilities is assured.. take the plunge.
A word of advise: do not expect that every thing you need will be available as
free software. Most of it is but if you have business needs that are
specialized such a mechanical design, drafting, engineering etc. you will
need to seek Linux apps that may be commercial or outside the Debian
distribution. In either case this list is going to be your best resource for
advice.
100% Windows free!
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John Foster
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