My comparison between GNUcash and Skrooge (if anyone is interested)

[Tommy Trussell]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Algeorge <agm.alistairgg at mailnull.com>wrote:

> Hi. After discussing various options of GNUcash your support and giving it
> a
> good run for its money I have produced this video. I do not mind being
> corrected on any aspect of it as my videos must be as accurate as possible.
> You will notice in summary that GNUcash would be my preferred accounting
> software if it were more user friendly in some respects.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcVWbsnOQmE
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcVWbsnOQmE>
> Kind regards,
> Alistair George ( www.alistairgeorge.com <http://www.alistairgeorge.com>
>  )
>
>
Thanks for that video review! I entered a few suggestions on YouTube but
deleted them I will enter them here on the list instead.

First of all I cannot say much about Skrooge because I haven't used it
much. I have been using GnuCash for quite a few years now.

I've most often heard GnuCash pronounced "guh-noo cash" but I'm folks have
differing opinions.

Most of the reports in GnuCash DO include a filter for the dates. When you
have the report open, click the "gear" icon to see the report options. Most
reports allow you to specify a date range. They do vary by report.
Unfortunately sometimes the report name is confusing. For example, the
Income Statement may be the best report for categorizing your expenses for
a date range.

When you were entering the split, you might have found it easier to have
chosen "Remove Transaction Splits" then re-enter the amounts. However if
you are splitting your expenses the same way for every fuel transaction,
you can fairly easily type the formula, such as 50*5 and GnuCash will
replace the calculated amount as soon as you tab to the next field, so just
tab through the existing amounts, re-typing the formula for each field. I
don't believe GnuCash formulas can persist in any of the registers.
Scheduled Transactions allow persistent formulas, but the implementation is
a bit strange and/or buggy.

There are several ways to export GnuCash data but the most direct ones
involve running a report and copying the data from the report to another
program (such as a spreadsheet). Obviously for your review purposes you
were hoping to transfer the entire file among different programs. There are
processes converting the entire file and/or extracting data directly from
it (see the GnuCash FAQ and discussions on this list) but I don't think any
are well supported.

Thanks again for your video review!


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