[GNC] Windows/Ubuntu Transportable Data File?

[Adrien Monteleone]

#1 as well as any other platform I suppose. Recent reports show 3.4 (as well as 3.3) runs successfully on at least as far back as Bionic. (18.04) So you could opt for the LTS release if you like.

#2 as Stephen noted, you can easily pull files off a common drive with little to no issue. (just don’t have two people simultaneously try to access it)

Some people have a bit of success keeping their data file in the cloud via Dropbox or other service. I’ve seen some threads here on hiccups now and then, so if you want to go that route, best to do a list search for those topics to avoid any pitfalls.

A likely simple and relatively painless method would be a USB thumbdrive to swap between the machines.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Jan 18, 2019, at 2:34 PM, Larry Long <llong47 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have two general questions. 
> 
>   - How well supported is GnuCash on the Ubuntu OS?
>   - How transportable would the GnuCash DB be between a computer running Ubuntu and another one that is running Windows 10?
> I am currently using GnuCash v3.4 on a Windows 10 computer at home.  However, I recently purchased a small notebook that came with Windows 10, but that I am considering reworking to Ubuntu.  I would like to take the small notebook with me on trips and have my GnuCash file available for access.
> If I interpret this webpage correctly, it appears that a GnuCash v3.3 edition is supported on Ubuntu Cosmic (18.10) https://packages.ubuntu.com/cosmic/gnucash
> I realize that having both PCs on Windows 10 would eliminate potential transport issues.  However, the SSD storage (non-upgradeable) on the notebook is only 30GB, which Windows eats for lunch.
> Another possible option I've thought of is reserving the builtin SSD for Windows OS and attempting to use a 128GB SD card for installation and running of all applications (such as GnuCash, LibreOffice, etc.).
> Thank you for suggestions and recommendations.
> Larry
> 
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