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Personal Finance Software for Unix?
pstreck asks: "I'm trying to find the best personal finance software for Unix. I've been using Quicken for a while, but unfortuantlly it won't run under Wine. I've tried gnucash but it just isn't up to par with what Quicken offers. What do you guys use?" While the free software versions may not quite be up to par with the current commercial offerings, it won't always be the case. The turning point can start now, of course. What finance software are you using now, what features do you like and what features do you think these software packages need?
a piece of paper, and my trusty TI-89. Do you really need anything more?
It's no wonder the submitter posits the question, "Are there any personal finance tools for Linux" -- he's obviously involved in fundraising efforts for terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda. He mungs his e-mail address (got something to hide ``pstreck''), uses Linux (free downloadable from the 'net, no audit trail or software license with personal contact information).
I urge the Right Honourable President George Washington Bush to pass a bill outlawing the use of Linux as tools of terror.
Thank you for your support.
\\:^)
Seriously though, Quicken is one of the oldest and most mature consumer software products available. It will be a long time before anything comparable is available on Linux.
Well, first off, my reply wasn't to you, unless you're the original poster using another user account. If you are the original poster, then what x86 UNIX are you using, a SCO UNIX, ____BSD, Solaris? An ancient copy of NeXTStep?
/. do anticipate the disappointingly average responses like the above (indeed, if you check the user # I'm more than a half-million users before you bothered to register - If I had a nickel for every two bit response posted here....)
Second, please re-read my post. The sentence you quote was written specifically to circumvent inane comments like yours. I've read enough of
It was suggested that the individual take a look at the OS X platform "at some point in the future", not "run out and drop down $1200 for a used g4 based powerbook right now just so you can run Quicken and Steve Jobs rules!" Hopefully, the omission of blatant pro-Apple/RISC drivel in my post, with a soft suggestion that indeed these apps are running under the platform in question (UNIX, not Linux) was designed to temper such soft-trolling that amounts to "OS X isn't Linux" and "It doesn't run on x86", both of which quickly devolve into how cheaply the supposedly enterprising geek can build a dual athalon monster machine for the price of an Apple platform that runs comparable GNU software to the commercial application in question (which makes one wonder how many actually have performed this platform gymnastic they're so quick to advocate).
As far as answering your post, either it's a whining piece of self-answering troll, or you somehow believe that I'm privy to the OS X product roadmap. I tend towards the former, which actually suggests that you're actually unhappy with your platform (x86) choice and the commitment you made in that investment, or you wouldn't have wasted the electrons complaining. My guess is "don't hold your breath" for an x86 port. If you really want the breadth of applications and UNIX that OS X offers, then you'll likely need to save several hundred bucks for a used powerbook (Which would be an answer to your "space" issues. If you can't afford the footprint of a laptop, you need to invest in more real estate, not a new platform).
"oohhh... I didn't know Schopenhauer was a philosopher!"
Are you some poor mofo from bangladesh? Jesus christ, that 47MB of uncrompressed space is just too damned much!!
Wait.
I know.
I'll erase that Chumbawumba album I got and then hated.
# du -s Chumbawamba\ -\ Tubthumper/
61589 Chumbawamba - Tubthumper
You're practically guaranteed a huge amount of $.
Otherwise, a simple check of your accounts once a week should give you a simple idea of how your spending is going.
So you are suggesting that instead of debugging his financial source line by line, he should do some run-time analysis using profiling? I suggest optimising some of those tight loops, for instance repeated withdrawals from the cash machine on a Friday night. I'd also run TrussFinance to locate any cash leaks, for example that AOL subscription they told you they had cancelled. I wouldn't, however, use a step-by-step debugger as this can be embarrassing for company in restaurants.
Phillip.
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