[GNC] porting Gnucash from W10 to Linux Mint

[Doug]

Here is a bit of a left field answer: Why not try PCLinuxOS?

You can download a copy & install it on a bootable USB stick (or similar). Once booted,
you can load GnuCash from the repository & try it. The current version in the
repository is 5.10. Then if the W10 Gnucash file is readable, you could 
consider becoming part of the PCLinuxOS family!
 PCLinuxOS is a rolling release, so no need to completely reload very often. I
am no accountant, but have been using Gnucash & PCLinuxos for a LOOOOONG time
(15 Yrs +?) Love both. PCLinuxOS is well supported too: Monthly mag, VERY helpful
forum, & very experienced developers.

regards, Doug




On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:49:26 -0500
Sam Fredo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> i'm trying to move away from Microsoft so I've settled on Linux Mint.
> 
> I've been using Gnucash for several years now and it is absolutely the best.
> 
> I have tried to move the .gnucash file to the Linux Mint version but the 
> file won't open. I receive a message that the Mint version is to old and 
> the windows file has unsupported features.
> 
> Windows version is 5.10
> 
> Mint version is 3.8
> 
> I tried to download the latest version of Gnucash using the Software 
> Manager but it appears that 3.8 is the current version.
> 
> I also looked at installing Gnucash from the Flatpack. I'm new to this 
> so I'm hesitent to try this.
> 
> i've tried Export/Import but that doesn't seem to work.
> 
> So my question is, how (what is the best/easiest way) do it move my 
> Gnucash data from W10 Gnucash version 5.10 to Mint Gnucash version 3.8?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sam
> 
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