Nothing works on Red Hat

[Chris Lyttle]

Just to back up your comment here Matthew, there was at one time a qt
based front end being worked on, but the developer never finished it. As
for GnuCash's design in general, we have always welcomed people who come
along wanting to make things such as front end's and ports to other
platforms. General statements such as 'for linux to succeed it needs
this program that I personally want to see' do not help at all. You need
to remember, Jim, ALL the developers working on GnuCash are VOLUNTEERS.
And that's also what it takes for things like KDE front ends to be
developed, someone to volunteer to do it (funny how that works). You
speak as tho there is some conspiracy in the GnuCash project to keep KDE
users out. This just simply is not true.

Chris


On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 07:45, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> Gnucash is, of course, GPL software.  It's freely available, and anyone
> can edit it.  Most of the current developers know Gnome, gtk+, and
> glib.  I'm sure they would be ecstatic were someone to write a Qt
> frontend for it if the version of Qt used was under the GPL/LGPL.  There
> aren't really enough current developers to do such a thing, though.  If
> you know some KDE developers who would be interested, send them our
> way...
> 
> On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 09:06, 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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> -- 
> Matthew Vanecek <mevanecek@yahoo.com>
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