finally- GnuCash

[John Seth]

[quote]Maybe there are a few guys in the group that can further my
knowledge of this app too? What do you all think?[/quote]

I made the plunge to GnuCash awhile ago... I can't remember exactly, but
I'll take a guess and say about a year or two ago.  I used to use Quicken
Basic (95, 98 and later versions).  It's my opinion that Quicken rocked
more than M$, and GnuCash doesn't have all the features Quicken does (like
being able to connect to my bank online and auto-reconcile, etc). 
However... after getting over those few hurdles, all my personal finances
are handled through that.  I have categories setup, which in GnuCash,
resemble other accounts... Thus, if your familiar with accounting
practices, and not just "home bank book" accounting, GnuCash probably
looks like something out of a textbook.

Now if only game designers would port over to Linux... I play too many
MMORPG's to give up windows totally.  I also use Adobe Photoshop, since I
*still* can't grasp 90% of GIMP.  It's ease of use just isn't up there
with PS... even though I *know* GIMP can outrun it.

Just my two copper...

-- Tony


Cyber Source said:
> OK, I finally took the plunge and started using GnuCash, it took me all
> weekend to do it but I did it. Now that I know how this works, GnuCash
> rocks! The biggest hurdles I had to get used to was the "double entry"
> accounting system and the accounts in lieu of categories thing. Once I
> got that into my way of thinking and setup all my accounts (including
> all my credit card info, etc.), it was a breeze. Now I have absolutely
> NO/NADA dependence on ANY M$ or winblows based software!!!! M$ Money was
> the last piece of the puzzle to remove my dependence on winblows crap. I
> really hated telling my clients that I still used M$ Money and it was
> even harder to try and convert people to Linux without knowing (that is
> how to use it) of a good financial app for Linux. GnuCash is it!
>   So, This also might be a good topic to show during a meeting, if we
> ever have those again.......I'm sure we can find a few guys in the group
> that would be interested in this (John Neff comes to mind). Maybe there
> are a few guys in the group that can further my knowledge of this app
> too? What do you all think?
>
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