Live CD of GnuCash

[Tom Purl]

For the record, I did a pretty exhaustive search for a live cd that
included GnuCash, and could never find one.  The problems were:

a) Very few live CD's use Gnome
b) GnuCash requires a lot of third-party libraries that take up a lot
of space on a 750 MB live CD.

I wish I was experienced enough and had the free time to help you, but
I have a few suggestions:

1) Maybe there's a live DVD that inclues GnuCash?  Maybe a Knoppix
copy of some type?  
2) It's much easier to create a VMWare image and run it via the free
VMWare Player.  Maybe someone could create an Ubuntu VMWare image
using VMWare Workstation with GnuCash 2.0?  I would if I had the time.

HTH,

Tom Purl

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 09:39:14AM +1100, Andrew Greig wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am about to send my tax data off to the accountant for his preparation
> of my income tax return.  This last year I have used GnuCash exclusively
> for my records.  I am getting the hang of it, pretty well.  My
> accountant, however, is unfamiliar with GnuCash, but would more than
> likely be better equipped to understand it than I was at first look.
> With that in mind, I have a suggestion to throw into the ring.
> 
> Is there someone smart enough AND willing enough to create a GnuCash
> live CD.? 
> 
> I have used a Mandriva One CD which loads KDE and a host of other
> software.  I can run Gnucash from my data file on a USB key, but CUPS is
> not loaded by default, and although I have 512Mb Ram, loading CUPS
> enables me to print reports, but the system grinds to a crawl.  If a
> GnuCash live CD could be produced which ran Gnucash, Gnome and CUPS, and
> would automount a USB Key, then I believe we would have an excellent
> resource for expanding the user base of GC.  Those of us on the list,
> for example, who  do not prepare our own returns could submit our data
> on a key, include the CD and some instructions for use, and let the
> accountant poke around to his/her heart's content.
> 
> Unfortunately, I do not have the skills for such a task, more or less
> dismantling Gnoppix, and building something highly specific, but lean
> 'n' mean.  Does this strike a chord with anyone?
> 
> 
> Andrew Greig
> Community Distributor
> OpenOffice.org 
> Melbourne, Australia  
> 
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