On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 3:16 PM Ben Kamen <b...@benkamen.net> wrote:
> Hey all, > > Noob user here just getting started with GnuCash > > So -- > > That being said, I have Linux systems. I have Windows system. > > But first, am I better off running it in Linux or Windows (It looks like > the answer is Linux from what I've see of the Wiki). > Ben, welcome! I have macOS, Linux (Ubuntu 22.04LTS), and Windows 10. I love the fact that GnuCash runs on all these platforms; I have my data stored on a mirrored external drive, so all computers can see it. As an OS, I like Linux the best. However, unless one is willing to do one's own builds, you're rather stuck with the distribution's version, which falls behind over time. I think Ubuntu 22.04LTS comes with GnuCash 4.8, and it's up to 5.3. I'm always a little worried about file compatibility between major versions, so I tend to avoid running on Linux. One can use flatpack (flatpak?) to get the latest version on Linux.... or, as I wrote, you can build GnuCash. I ran into trouble doing this under a previous version of Ubuntu, and it left GnuCash in in unusable state. Thus, I rarely run GnuCash on Linux - it's usually WIndows or macOS. If you can get GnuCash running on Linux, it's nice that Linux already has perl, so one doesn't have to install a perl environment (should you care about online quotes). I gave up trying to get GnuCash to talk to various financial institutions; I enter everything manually and routinely balance my accounts. It works for me. _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
