RedHat 8.0
John R. Ghidiu
john at rmdashrf.org
Fri Oct 4 19:21:08 EDT 2002
dispite its shortcommings, i do urge you to play with gnucash - it can
support multiple files (accounts), and may very well help you. you might
also consider going to the website - they have a list of things they
want to include in future releases, and it sure does look yummy!
john
On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 16:58, Cyber Source wrote:
> 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
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> john at rmdashrf.org
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