Re: [GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-08-01 Thread Ben Kamen
e to avoid that if possible just to avoid the mistakes. Maybe it ultimately won't matter. Haven't decided yet. Cheers,  -Ben -- Ben Kamen - O.D.T., S.P. -- Email: ben AT benkamen DOT net http://www.benkamen.net Cell: 22

Re: [GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-08-01 Thread Ben Kamen
On 7/27/23 2:11 PM, R Losey wrote: On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 2:59 AM Ben Kamen mailto:b...@benkamen.net>> wrote: On 7/25/23 9:31 PM, R Losey wrote: I'm not afraid of compiling stuff (I design FPGAs and regularly have to write the Linux Kernel drivers for my FPGA device d

Re: [GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-07-27 Thread Ben Kamen
On 7/26/23 7:55 AM, Mark at Lorimark wrote: I am a staunch Linux user, and came from the Quickbooks world as well. I am running a very small database, but have it in the sqlite, since that (for me) is very easy to work inside of if i need to poke around in the database (which I do). Which

Re: [GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-07-27 Thread Ben Kamen
On 7/26/23 7:37 AM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: Welcome to GNC. I am on Windows 11 platform where I seem to find it that I get into less of troubles when it comes to getting it installed and, up and running. I have been versed in all three platforms (Windows, Linux and Mac) but I find it easier to

Re: [GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-07-27 Thread Ben Kamen
On 7/25/23 10:03 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: In addition to what R Losey mentioned, I'll add that while GnuCash can use MySQL, Postgres, or SQLite as an optional backend, it is not yet a true db application. For now, that is just a storage mechanism. Everything is loaded into RAM and edited

Re: [GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-07-27 Thread Ben Kamen
On 7/25/23 9:31 PM, R Losey wrote: Ben, welcome! Thanks! 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.

[GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-07-25 Thread Ben Kamen
Hey all, Noob user here just getting started with GnuCash (as QuickBooks Desktop has gone from about $66/yr to almost $600 in Intuits efforts to push users to SaaS online and I refused to put my financial info on "the cloud" -- file under "Equifax protects credit info with login ->