Nothing works on Red Hat

Sun, 1 Dec 2002 11:22:18 -0700 (MST)

Hi Jim, I was told that the guys writing Gnucash are too busy putting in 
new features to the software and can't spend time solving specific 
hardware and software problems. I was told to wait for Red Hat 8.2 or 3 
before using Gnucash.

I will turn in a bug report to Red Hat on the Gnucash problems on 
version 8. I will also write up some of the things I have learned about 
this software to this list as I already have. And I have version 1.6.6 
running on my system now by backing into it...:-)

On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Jim Philips wrote:

> First of all, I should say that I have a CVS version of GnuCash working on my 
> system. So, I don't need any help in getting it all to work. But I think 
> Karl's problems should not be ignored over the long run. I don't normally run 
> a Gnome desktop, so I had to install about 60 megs of new software to make 
> GnuCash work. Even though I'm not a Gnome user, I had to install just about 
> every supporting library that Gnome requires. It's just stating the obvious 
> to say that Gnome isn't the only desktop out there. But GnuCash is the only 
> serious contender for an open source replacement for Quicken. So, KDE users 
> have to go to extraordinary lengths to make it work. Let me make  a crazy 
> proposal. It would be a wonderful thing if the GnuCash developers 
> collaborated with KDE developers to make a more unversal GnuCash. For Linux 
> to make gains on the desktop, it desparately needs to offer quality programs 
> in each category where users demand them. There needs to be a personal 
> financial manager for all Linux users. And I think you have built a great 
> program, but users who don't want to use Gnome aren't likely to ever go to 
> the trouble to install it. Linux does not equal RedHat and the Linux desktop 
> does not equal Gnome. I know these are thoughts for the long run. But 
> somebody who buys SuSE and runs KDE ought to be able to run GnuCash without 
> devoting an entire week to making it all work.  Can we all get along?
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