[PLUG] Re: Linux Finance Programs

[Tom Diehl <tdiehl@rogueind.com>]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:02:06 -0400 Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:

> No question that GNUCash is more powerful, has better business functionality
> and a really poor interface.
>
> I prefer kmymoney2 (http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net) for personal finance.
> Much better interface.  Requires KDE.  Added bonus: developers monitor and
> are active and responsive in the users mail list.  Like GNUCash, the custom
> reporting is weak compared to the Intuit packages.
>
> There are some commercial Linux packages that I haven't tried, but may be
> worth a look.  At least one has a trial version.
>
> For business, I'd look at running Quickbooks under Crossover Office.  For
> personal, as I only use as a checkbook register, kmymoney2 is nice.

Why support a closed and broken program like quickbooks, when you have 
good open source programs available?

For business, sql-ledger works quite well. It has a pretty stiff learning
curve if you are not used to double entry accouting but it works well and
easially supports multiple users.

http://sql-ledger.org for more info.

Regards,

Tom
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