On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 18:43 +1200, Gauland, Michael wrote: > Due to a combination of factors, such as the age of her Mac, the cost > of a new Mac, and the constant presence of two Linux die-hards in the > house, my partner is willing to at least consider replacing her iMac > with a Linux system.
<snip> > > This doesn’t need to be a flash system. Mostly, it will be used for > web browsing, e-mail, light word processing, and photo cataloguing > (any recommendations that an iPhoto user would be happy with?), though > a key requirement is a replacement for Quicken (I believe gnucash will > be suitable, though other recommendations are welcome). > If you don't object to proprietary software, look at Moneydance (www.moneydance.com) as a replacement for Quicken. It's written in Java, runs on Linux, Mac and Windows platforms at least, is inexpensive and has an active online users' board. I've been using it for seven years (first on RedHat and later on Ubuntu systems) and haven't missed Quicken at all. My wife finds Moneydance easy enough to use, too. =====Andrew >
