From Windows to Linux

[Keith Millar]

On 9 April 2010 19:17, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Jim Bojan <bojan.jim at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> One of the main reasons I tried Gnucash was to find an alternative to
>> Quicken that would run on Linux, so that I could move away from Windows.
>> Now it dawned on me that I have spent a considerable amount of time setting
>> up my Windows Gnucash (mostly automated banking through AqBanking and
>> such).  In the beginning, I planned on just moving the data file over to
>> Linux.  Now I realize that much of my set up is kept within the .banking and
>> other folders in my "documents and settings" folder.  Can I simply copy
>> these folders into my home directory in Linux, or do I have to re-set up my
>> banks through AqBanking?
>
> I think this SHOULD work, but I don't know enough about the AqB config
> files to know for sure.
>
>> In addition, has anyone opened a common data file in different OS's?  i.e. I
>> have Windows at work and will use Linux at home.  I planned on keeping the
>> data file on Dropbox, and be able to access it anywhere (this is what I did
>> with Quicken).  Will this work (assuming the same version of Gnucash on all
>> machines)?
>
> Yes, this should work fine.

I use Dropbox windows 7 ubuntu GnuCash works fine

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