Giving up on Gnucash

[Tim Meador]

* Rod Engelsman <rodengelsman at ruraltel.net> [2005-04-22 05:27]:
> 
> I switched to Gnucash mid-January as part of my immersion-therapy into 
> Linux. I gotta tell you, I really regret that decision now. Try as I 
> might I just can't learn to like this thing. A big part of it is that 
> I'm using it for personal finance rather than business books, so a lot 
> of what I'm looking for in that kind of program simply isn't in Gnucash, 
> while it has a lot of stuff I have no use for.
> 
I have the opposite feeling.  Switching from M$ Money was the best thing
I've done.  I've only used Gnucash for personal finances so far, but
pretty soon I'll be switching by business over too, and I can hardly
wait.

> I've grown to despise the UI. So much so that I avoid opening the 
> program, which is no way to handle your finances. It seems like every 
> single thing that I want to do is harder in Gnucash than MSMoney.

Again, I feel the opposite.  M$ Money drives me nuts now.  A ridiculous
program - for example, why should a financial program require DirectX?
And with no double-entry, it loses me now.
After 3 1/2 years of using Gnucash I'm so used to it I can get things
done quicker and easier than I ever did before, despite it's quirks..  
 
> I understand that it's a work in progress. Honestly, what open-source 
> app isn't? So while it may not be kosher to complain, that still doesn't 
> mean that I have to like the product.
> 
What proprietary program isn't?  If they're not working on uneeded new
features, they're working on finding some other way to force you to pay
to upgrade to a newer version. 

> 
> GC doesn't have any kind of export function that I can find. 

I understand OIF export is in the works.

Oh well, one type of program can't suit everyone any more than one type
of car can.  But the developers have my thanks!
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Registered Linux user #266531