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
>     >     >     >     >
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>     >     >     >     ----------------------------
>     >     >     >     John R. Ghidiu
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > john at rmdashrf.org
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>     >     >     John R. Ghidiu
>     >     >
>     >     > john at rmdashrf.org
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>     >     ----------------------------
>     >     John R. Ghidiu
>     >
>     > john at rmdashrf.org
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>     ----------------------------
>     John R. Ghidiu
> 
> john at rmdashrf.org
> 
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