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<h1>Accounting in Linux Leaps Forward</h1>
<p><b><i>GnuCash 2.0.0 milestone released to public</i></b></p>
<p>Personal and small business accounting in Linux will be easier and
better
after today's release of GnuCash 2.0.0.</p>
<p>This milestone release of the free, open source accounting program
includes
generational advances over the last version. GnuCash 2.0.0 is based on
state-of-the-art gtk2 GUI technology. Developers worked hard to
integrate the
Gnome Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) for a consistent behaviour and
look-and-feel for the whole Desktop.</p>
<p>Major changes in the milestone release include;
</p>
<ul>
<li>OFX DirectConnect which can directly retrieve and import account
statements over the Internet.</li>
<li>A "Hide account" feature to keep a better overview of your
current accounts
tabbed window functionality.</li>
<li>The ability to create budgets within GnuCash using your account
data.</li>
<li>Support for Accounting Periods.</li>
<li>The data file format has been improved with respect to
international
characters. Data files with international characters can be transferred
to
other countries flawlessly.</li>
<li>GnuCash Help and Guide are now fully integrated with the GNOME
Help system
(Yelp).</li>
</ul>
<p>The GnuCash development team said these new features and changes
will make
GnuCash easier than ever for newcomers.</p>
<p>GnuCash is the leading free, open source accounting program and the
leap to gtk2
will enable users to be able to enjoy cutting edge functionality with
the
freedom of not being locked into proprietory file formats.</p>
<p><b>Playing With Others</b></p>
<p>As with other leading Linux software that is designed to replace
proprietory programs, GnuCash is a functional
replacement for expensive accounting programs. Like OpenOffice.org and
The Gimp, GnuCash is also programmed to communicate and interact with
as many
existing programs, institutions and people as possible.</p>
<p>The GnuCash development team has continued to improve file import
filters,
which allow users to import work from old programs like Microsoft Money
and
Quicken. GnuCash can load QIF and QFX files, which are used by both of
those
programs.</p>
<p>Developers have also continued to incorporate support for online
banking into
the program. GnuCash 2.0.0 supports OFX DirectConnect which can
directly
retrieve and import account statements over the Internet.</p>
<p>The milestone release is available in 29 languages, including
English,
French, German, Spanish, Norwegian, so people from around the world
will have
no difficulty operating the program</p>
<p><b>Off on the Right Foot</b></p>
<p>Users of the GnuCash 2.0.0 will notice a few changes when they start
the
program. Improvements have been made on startup speed, scheduled
transactions, currency support and currency quote retrievals.</p>
<p>After they enter the program, users will find a double-ledger
account
system, exhaustive report options and account hierarchy tools. Also at
their
disposal is a full system of tutorials and documentation.</p>
<p><b>Getting GnuCash</b></p>
<p>GnuCash 2.0.0 can be downloaded from gnucash.org. It is available as
source code.</p>
<p>To install GnuCash, users will need Gnome 2, guile, slib and
g-wrap.</p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/">http://www.gnucash.org</a></b></p>
<p><b><a href="http://download.sourceforge.net/gnucash/">http://download.sourceforge.net/gnucash</a></b></p>
<p><b>About the Program</b></p>
<p>GnuCash is a free, open source accounting program released under the
GNU
General Public License (GPL) and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris
and
Mac OSX. It is collaboratively developed by 10 people from over 5
countries.</p>
<p>Programming on GnuCash began in 1997, and its first stable release
was in
1998.</p>
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