[GNC] Opinion on Year-End and Linux.

[Mike Brasler]

Dear all.

1. For year-end I journal all expenses and income (Income Statement 
stuff) to Equity. The learned autocompletes are remembered. The books 
start at zero, meaning for budgetary reasons a quick look gives you 
information for the current year. GC is different this way, my previous 
system required month-end and year-end processing.

2. Linux. Early adopters years ago might have needed a certain geek 
level. Linux in its various flavours has matured significantly since then.
If you are even considering Linux as a Windblows alternative I suggest 
that you download it and run a test session by booting on a USB stick.
I think that all releases offer this.
Linux basic operating system really comes in a few varieties, I will 
only talk about Ubuntu as this underlies most popular flavours. Its like 
buying a car with different accessories, nothing to be confused about.
Personally I chose the most statistically popular version/flavour. Linux 
Mint Cinnamon, because there is a large user base and the support is 
extensive and of course free.

Linux is not the all bells and all whistles like W11. I use it for 
different reasons, Solid, Reliable, Virus resistance and most 
importantly, you OWN it, there is no cloud BS and subscriptions, and it 
does nothing in the background without your permission. Backups are easy 
(Simply drag your "User" to another drive) No drivers, everything just 
works.

As far as support, there are thousands of geeks sitting at their 
keyboards dying to help you for free.

To the devs and list manager. I write the above because there are so 
many Windows related problems on this list.  I am sure that some GC 
users would benefit making the transition like my family did.