[GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

[Adrien Monteleone]

GnuCash won't let you make 'double entry errors'.

It helpfully forces all transactions to balance.

It does this by automatically creating a split assigned to either the 
Imbalance or Orphan accounts if you fail to balance the transaction 
properly and commit it anyway. (I don't recall the rules as to which one 
it uses when, but that is likely documented in Help)

If you ever see a balance in those accounts, you can bet you made a 
mistake, and then you can look it over to fix it. (they should be quite 
limited in number unless you import transactions by the hundreds and 
then don't review them in the process properly)

For some transactions, I don't enter them in a timely fashion, so if I'm 
unsure of some part of it, I'll assign a split to one of those accounts 
just as a 'tagging' method so I don't lose track of them with a note to 
investigate further.

Of course, there is plenty of room for other types of mistakes, but that 
is true of any software, or pen and paper.

Regards,
Adrien

On 7/27/23 2:59 AM, Ben Kamen wrote:
> The whole point is to avoid the 
> double entry errors if possible.)