[GNC] I'm looking at installing GnuCash but has a couple of questions first

[G McAlister]

On 12/04/2024 21:28, Robert Dew wrote:
> Thanks for the offer Graham
> I'm getting more and more inclined towards the X11 track.
> I will need to do a little experimenting with having  X11 and CLI on 
> the same VM to see if they "Play nicely" together or if I'll need to 
> run up a separate VM just for the X11 processes.
> For now I've been side tracked by running up a VM dedicated to MPD so 
> I can (finally) move the radio station PC out of the house and reduce 
> the load on my broadband, but I intend to come back to the GnuCash 
> project in a few weeks.
> Just noticed on re-reading your email the word CONTAINER.
> Does GnuCash need to run under Docker or was that simply your choice 
> to do so.
> On 12 Apr 2024 at 12:00, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:
> I have run gnucash in a container and used x-forwarding successfully to
> access it from my desktop. The only functions that don't work in this mode
> are the help and tutorial and concepts guide. These are available
> separately via browser anyway, so I don't view that as a problem.
> If that works for your usecase, I can walk you through the details.
> Graham.

I don't use Docker for gnucash, I use a Proxmox lxc container. I do use 
Docker for other apps but have not tried it with gnucash

If you choose to run gnucash in a VM, and you install a full Gnome 
desktop in the VM, then you can access gnucash remotely with 
x-forwarding AND have the help and tutorial and concept guide fully 
operational. Being Scottish, I decided I didn't want to waste resources 
on another VM just for gnucash, so I went the lxc container route and 
accepted having help and tutorial separately in a browser.

Graham.