GnuCash 1.6.0 is released.

[David Proulx]

WOW!

I downloaded it and finally managed to get all the various libraries
installed etc.

It was well worth the effort!  I'm dazzled.  There are all kinds of
new reports, a nicer user interface, etc.  The overall feel is very
"slick" (I don't mean that in a negative way).  It seems very polished
and professional, and now even has many of the best features of a 
certain proprietary competitor (that runs on an inferior operating system).

I also really like the XML format for storing the data.  Now anyone who knows
how to parse XML can easily do anything they want to with the data.

Great work!

Dave


Dave Peticolas writes:
 > The GnuCash Development Team <http://www.gnucash.org> proudly
 > announces the release of GnuCash 1.6.0, the GNU personal finance
 > manager.
 > 
 > GnuCash features an account hierarchy creation tool, a checkbook-like
 > register GUI to enter transactions, and a full set of reports to
 > visualize the state of your finances. The new release comes with a
 > configurable main window, a much improved checking and general ledger
 > entry window, and over ten completely new graphical reports including
 > pie charts and bar charts using the GNU plot program Guppi
 > <http://www.gnome.org/guppi>.
 > 
 > Thanks go to all the translators, testers, bug reporters, artists,
 > and programmers who made this release possible. And thanks to all
 > our users for choosing GnuCash!
 > 
 > The new release of GnuCash contains many new features including:
 > 
 >   + Printable, persistent reports (reports are saved between sessions)
 > 
 >   + XML file format (old binary files are converted automatically)
 > 
 >   + Account hierarchy creation druid, account hierarchy export
 > 
 >   + Much improved QIF importing
 > 
 >   + Financial calculator
 > 
 >   + Better support for multiple currencies, special support for the Euro
 > 
 >   + Online stock quotes integrated with the GUI
 > 
 >   + Expression evaluation (you can type in 40.45 + 31.23)
 > 
 >   + PostgreSQL back-end (beta, disabled by default)
 > 
 > The source packages for GnuCash are available for free under the GNU
 > General Public License (GPL) at ftp://ftp.gnucash.org/pub/... GnuCash
 > 1.6.0 requires the Gnome 1.4 platform, Guppi, guile, slib, and g-wrap.
 > Detailed requirements are at <http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml>.
 > 
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