RedHat 8.0
Cyber Source
peter at thecybersource.com
Fri Oct 4 16:58:28 EDT 2002
Yea for me that would not work too well. I have 2 companies that I keep
different records for and both have jobs and sub-jobs. Someday when I
get time, I will play with it, it does kinda irk me that I have to go
back to M$ just for that but I know I'm not alone, so the monopoly lives
on..... for now anyway ;)
On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 14:38, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
ah. i get it now. crystal clear. i really dont think gdm supports this yet
(my search on google didnt turn anything up). but i can say that i went
from ms money to gnucash. pretty much so i didnt have to reboot so much.
gnucash is decent for what i need it for (personal finance - just watching
where the money goes). the reporting features are much better in ms money,
but you CAN make your own reports in gnucash (not easily, though). also,
there is no bill minder yet (but its comming soon, according to the
website). the biggest dissapointment in gnucash is that there is no
separation of category and payee - in other words, the category IS the
payee.
for example, in ms money, you can have a transaction like:
cost: $12.00 memo: beer payee: mobil (transit & 33) category:
party
supplies
but in gnucash, it would look like:
cost: $12.00 memo: beer category: party supplies:beer:mobil
(transit & 33)
which isnt too bad, but if you are particular about your categories, that
can be deceiving, esp. in reports. and it makes it impossible to to a
payee report (and expect the report to show accurate information).
consider that i also get my gas at mobil. i now have two
payees/categories: automobile:fuel:mobil:transit & 33 and party
supplies:beer:mobil:transit & 33.
but, like i said, its fine for what i use it for...
john
On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:
> That is correct (except for the part about when you are done in windows,
> when you restart from windows, you will the bet the lilo prompt on the
> subsequent post). From the session manager for kdm you can select "show
> boot options" and the relative lilo commands and map files. This way
> when your at kdm and you want to restart and boot directly into windows
> (without having to select it from the lilo screen) you can. just a handy
> thing to have, i only go back into winblows for m$ money. Soon hope to
> be using gnucash, although money would be a tough act to follow (need it
> for the business)
> On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 12:32, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
>
> i am pretty sure i am confused now. the normal order of operation is:
>
> poweron/POST
> load the boot manager (lilo)
> select the OS (linux)
> login (kdm)
> do stuff
> logout
> shutdown/reboot/repeat as necessary
>
> if i understand you, you are saying that kdm lets you boot into windows?
> so, lilo boots up, you boot into linux, kdm starts, and you tell kdm that
> you want to boot into windows. is that correct? then, your computer boots
> back into linux (when you are done in windows)? am i missing something?
>
> john
>
> On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:
>
> > Not sure, but it has been in Mandrake since at least 8.1 and RedHat
> > since at least 7.3 or so. From KDM, I can boot directly into Windows or
> > whatever without having to wait and make a selection from the lilo
> > screen
> > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 11:31, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
> >
> > so you are saying that kdm has an interface of sorts to lilo? what version
> > of kdm is this?
> >
> > john
> >
> > On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:
> >
> > > kdm does, if the boot options is selected, whatever is in lilo will be
> > > an option
> > > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 09:13, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
> > >
> > > which is why i said i suspect that gdm does not allow this. seems to me
> > > that this is the job of the boot loader, not the session manager, so
> > > perhaps kde is just 'talking' to the boot loader (grub, lilo, etc.)...
> > > thoughts?
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > > On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:
> > >
> > > > In that file, just points to gdmsetup, when running that, I see no
> > > > choice to show dual boots
> > > > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 07:05, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
> > > >
> > > > AFAIK, gdm does not allow this (but i am running the version that came
> > > > with ximian desktop 6 months ago). the config is in /usr/sbing/gdmconfig.
> > > >
> > > > john
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I will probably put it back too, lol. I do like the ability to dual
> > > > > boot from the kdm shutdown menu. gdm probably has a way to put this in,
> > > > > where is the gui to config the gdm? Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------------
> > > John R. Ghidiu
> > >
> > > john at rmdashrf.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ----------------------------
> > John R. Ghidiu
> >
> > john at rmdashrf.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ----------------------------
> John R. Ghidiu
>
> john at rmdashrf.org
>
>
>
>
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John R. Ghidiu
john at rmdashrf.org
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