[GNC] gnucash on debian

[Anne Possoz]

Thanks Michael to explain to Mac/Windows users the windows
managers on linux, i.e. choices.

Juste want to correct my usage of gnucash on gnome or mate:
It never worked properly on gnome but I tended to think that
I should use gnome as I only see documentation talking of gnome.

With this helpfull list, I think I will succeed on mate soon.

Le 10 janvier à 10:50  Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
> On 1/9/2023 7:10 PM, Anne Possoz wrote:
> > Thanks for a quick answer Mattia,
> >
> > As far as I remember, I had to move from mate to gnome to have
> > it reasonably starting. But I feel so bad under gnome.
> >
> <<Just so that all the non 'nix folks will make sense of this>>
> 
> Those who are using Windows or even a Mac OS are used to having only ONE 
> "windows manager". In other words, what you are used to thinking of as 
> the operating system is really the sole windows manager that comes 
> bundled with your operating system. You are not directly interacting 
> with the operating system itself. IF you work at the command line you 
> are working closer to the operating system, but even then there is a 
> "shell language" involved.
> 
> It is different for the 'nix users because they usually have a wide 
> choice of windows managers available to them and they tend to be 
> passionate about their favorite windows manager. For you to get a sense 
> of that, the appearance, etc. of these different windows managers can be 
> much farther apart than say Windows vs Mac OS.
> 
> So what Anne is saying here is that she can get it working under the 
> windows manager "gnome" but not under "mate" and she doesn't like 
> :gnome". This is typical of linux users, to have such a very strong 
> preference for one over another.
> 
> Michael D Novack