GnuCash 2.0 Official Linux Installer

Tue Sep 5 23:20:45 EDT 2006

To try and preempt Derek here...

I think you miss the point of what you were told here. The people working on 
Gnucash do so as volunteers, and do so selfishly. It may seem harsh, but they 
don't owe anything to their users. They get to chose what they do and when 
they do it and do not have to care that you have a particular deadline or 
class that you are teaching. Your deadline is your deadline, not their 
deadline. That's why it says in the license (among other reasons) "comes with 
absolutely no warrenty, even the implied warrenty of merchantablity or 
fitness for a particular purpose."

If you don't know how to program, then you can either wait indefinitely for 
somebody to volunteer to do your problem, or you can pay somebody to make the 
change you need when you need it (Hence why people often get confused with 
the meaning of "free"). Other than that, the developers here are doing what 
they want to do, and you can't really tell them otherwise.

Good luck,
-Kyle Bishop

On Tuesday 05 September 2006 19:16, Rykel wrote:
> Hi Derek,
>
> I am really glad that you remember me, and I appreciate your dedication.
>
> However, please understand that it is not because I do "not" want to build
> the package, it is because I have zero programming language, and am
> encouraging my community to use Linux.
>
> If I knew how to code and manipulate source, I would gladly contribute a
> hundred and one packages to the Linux world at large. It would be my way of
> saying Thank You to all the great people who makes Linux software
> available.
>
>
> In fact, if you look at my signature below (which I normally remove from
> mailing lists, but I am illustrating something here), I have an OpenSG Hub
> where I go for enrichment courses. On 15 September 2006, I will be giving a
> speech on "PC and You", and one of my subtopic will be about using Linux as
> an addition to Windows XP on a desktop system.
>
> I will be showing the audience how and why they should install Linux
> programs as User, rather than Root, and currently, the only way to do it is
> through the official Linux installer.
>
> Then, I wish to show them how far Linux accounting has come (GnuCash),
> because quite a number of my audience are in finance. That is why I need
> your expert help in this matter.
>
> I hope that clarifies my situation, and may everyone reading this be well
> and healthy ahead.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rykel
> Gizmo.Skype.GoogleTalk.Yahoo/MSN.eBay: rykel98
>
> Are you HUBBING?
> http://www.OpenSG.info
> Developing Good Neighbourly Ties, Make Your Money Work For You, PC And You,
> Baby And You (I and II), Meditation For Peace Of Mind, ABCs Of Health (I,
> II and III), Benefits Of Recycling, Appreciating Vegetarian Foods AND
> MORE!!!
>
> On 9/6/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> > Rykel,
> >
> > You've been asking for this for I don't know how many years/releases.
> > We're still waiting for YOU to send us the packaging files needed
> > for YOU to build the autopackage.   We're not going to do it ourselves
> > no matter how many times you ask.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > Quoting Rykel <rykel at ibo21.org>:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have been waiting eagerly for the 2.0 Linux version of GnuCash... I
> > > am
> > >
> > > glad to see that the version is now available, and believe the various
> >
> > setup
> >
> > > files will be available for the hundreds of Linux distros soon.
> > >
> > > However, installing Linux programs using RPMs, DEBs, BINs, TARs etc. on
> >
> > sooo
> >
> > > many distros is a pain in the a**, not to mention a real security
> > > compromise, because they require Administrator (Root) password to set
> >
> > up.
> >
> > > So I hope that GnuCash 2.0 Linux version could use the defacto Linux
> > > Installer available from http://www.autopackage.org. Using the official
> > > Linux installer is also a great idea because then, GnuCash can be
> >
> > installed
> >
> > > as User, rather than Root.
> > >
> > > Best of all, if you try it yourself (eg. Inkscape <
> >
> > http://www.inkscape.org/>,
> >
> > > AbiWord <http://www.abisource.com/ >, Gaim
> > > <http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ ),
> > > you will realise that installing anything with the official Linux
> >
> > installer
> >
> > > is very much like installing programs in Windows XP. That is, with a
> > > graphical dialogue popup box.
> > >
> > > As a further example, take a look too at a great commercial-turned-OSS
> > > program that uses the official Linux installer, Xara
> > > Xtreme< http://www.xaraxtreme.org/>.
> > >
> > > Thank you for listening, and all the best for GnuCash!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Rykel
> > > Gizmo.Skype.GoogleTalk.Yahoo/MSN.eBay: rykel98
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> >
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