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- TruckStuff, on 10/11/2007, -2/+29Except for people like me who don't like to trust 3rd parties w/ my financial info. Call me paranoid, but I will never use a web-based service as my main financial package.
- gertin, on 10/11/2007, -5/+20GNU and cash? No there's two words that don't belong next to each other.
- BrainInAJar, on 10/11/2007, -4/+15Dugg for not calling it "Linux software" and recognizing the existence of other free UNIXes
- Cl1mh4224rd, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11> "See fanboys....? Linux is free IF you don't value your time!"
So far, you seem to be the only one being a fanboy here... Settle down. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9the spelling checker wouldn't have found anything.
- BrainInAJar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10This isn't Linux.
Linux is an operating system kernel. GNUCash is an accounting program.
They share a development model, and GNUCash runs on Linux among others, but that's where the overlap ends. Equating the two is like saying iTunes /is/ Windows, because they're both closed source programs and iTunes runs on Windows - ptFoe, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11As like a Linux product page NO ***** SCREENSHOTS
- stmiller, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9"Such as automatically syncing with my online banking."
Nice troll. You even got modded up. GnuCash auto syncs with online banking. - PsyQ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8The difference between GnuCash and many other pieces of software like it is that GnuCash strictly follows the model of double-entry accounting. KMyMoney, MoneyDance, Quicken and others follow no model at all -- they do double-entry bookkeeping internally, but they make it look like something else. They abstract things so that to the user, bookkeeping appears simpler, sometimes simpler than it should be. However, if you have an understanding of double-entry accounting or are a boring person for any other reason, going the GnuCash route might be wiser. This way, you learn how to do "proper" bookeeping, which not only reduces the likelihood of entry errors but also makes you the king of the watercooler as you explain credit/debit systems and what "accounts receivable" means in Earth language, surrounded by scantily-clad women with a taste for accuracy in any financial situation.
Oh. Sorry, spaced out there for a second.
http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.6/C/t2504.html - Cl1mh4224rd, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=202
Windows binary download: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash-2.2.0-setup.exe?modtime=1184428279&big_mirror=1 - specialK16, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8"Linux is free IF you don't value your time!""
What is this, the new MS-user-who-is-too-*****-idiot-too-even-try-to-learn-linux motto? - cawpin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7It's just software since the source is available. It will compile on anything if you want.
- NinjaBoy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Its simpler to just steal you identity than hack into online financial accounts. And your bank probably already has all your info on the interweb.
- sonofagunn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Here is a link to the actual product page. It has screenshots under "Features."
http://www.gnucash.org/ - ZetaVu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I've actually been using it in windows since 0.2.1.0, there were a lot of bugs with with access online account info, hopefully those were sorted out. I was able to impart all my quicken info into it. Main holdback, how well will it import data from my online banking and credit cards, that's the deal breaker.
BTW, on Linux I switched to KMYmoney, seems to be less buggy, but I'll give gnucash another try. To be honest, I would be hesitant in trusting online apps with my financial info, I like to limit online access and only update in one direction, doing the rest offline. - PsyQ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3While it's funny, I have to go RMS on you for that :) Even Richard said that it's okay to sell Free Software, so selling the GNU operating system or its tools is fine, too. See "Selling Free Software" at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html . This was also published in the collection of RMS essays "Free Software, Free Society"
- redxii, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3It's PC software.
- bobsmithhome, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Be very careful with aggregation sites like Yodlee. If you provide your financial institution's passwords to some third party site, and someone actually manages to gain access to your account and steal your assets, you may be left holding the bag. I used to use Yodlee, but I decided that the risk just wasn't worth it.
- nighthwk1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Yodlee is great, but doing it all on a local application would be much better than doing it through a website. Especially since Yodlee stores your login info to all your bank and credit card accounts...
- SiRwhilms, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I use Windows at home so I guess CLI never occurred to me. I don't know why that revelation is so painful. I guess I could batch it-- thanks for the idea.
- BrandonMills, on 10/11/2007, -4/+6Finally on Windows! As much as I love my Mac at work, at home I'm a gamer, and that means Windows for the most part.
Can't wait to give it a shot. - PedleZelnip, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Alternatively you could have a TrueCrypt automount partition.....
- Disfnord, on 10/11/2007, -0/+25 steps? try typing
truecrypt -u /locationofencryptedpartition /locationofdesiredmountpoint - joshbrya, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2GNUCash is accounting software, not tax preparation software. It does not matter whether you do your accounting using MS Money, Quicken, GNUCash, spreadsheet, or paper ledger, the same information can be submitted to TurboTax, TaxCut, or an accountant for tax preparation purposes. Provided you understand the math and techniques of accounting, it matters little for tax purposes how the ledger is stored.
- SiRwhilms, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It seems like a pretty solid and powerful piece of software. From what I can tell, it doesn't support encryption, which is a major negative for me. Maybe using TrueCrypt in conjunction with GnuCash would solve this problem, but TrueCrypt adds about 5 steps to opening up a file.
- transeunte, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2You mean teh intarweb?
- jsled, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The GnuCash developers specifically do not want to build encryption support ... and one of them works for a major security software provider. It's mostly a separation of concerns argument. Security is best handled by an encrypted file system.
- Eevee1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'll have to give this a try. Should help me with my financial studies.
Because my goal is to enjoy tax time... I'd be person number 7 in the world to do so. - jsled, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yeah ... we've not done a good job there. There are a bunch more screenshots in the Tutorial and Concepts Guide .
- rxbudian, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I wish it went out 2 years ago.... It's a little late for me to move to GNU Cash, now that I already had invested my money on Quicken. I tried it a few years back, but it was too tedious to have a Linux VM just for that program.
- WorldMaker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1A good cross-platform alternative that I've been using personally is JGnash (jgnash.sourceforge.net). Apart from the awkward name it's been a very handy Java application for what I've needed it for. Plus its simple/minimalist and tries not to get in your way.
- m0bilitee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If I could just use it to download stuff from my banks I'd switch, but for now that means Quicken in a vmware XP machine...
- maino82, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1from the GNU Cash website: http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Importing.2FExporting_Data
a lot of banks offer your statements and transaction information in some sort of electronic format, so odds are you can find some way to import it. - ptFoe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Thanks but they are so tiny, and just 3 of them for a program as large as this.
- pwhitey86, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1down with quicken
- jsled, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1GnuCash does not distribute binaries for any platform other than Windows ... we leave it to the unix distribution package managers. Both Fink and MacPorts will have 2.2.0 available shortly, as per the respective package maintainers.
- finkey1, on 08/26/2009, -0/+1Friend, if a mistake happens, the IRS sends a letter showing the mistake, then you file a corrected return. It's not so bad, and that's usually the end of it. If you go through a "field" audit, bring down your paper records to the local IRS office to justify what's input on the tax form. The IRS people are reasonable. Nothing to fear.
I also looked into Turbo Tax, but found it too cookie-cutter for our business filings. It is worth your while to learn how to do your own taxes. You then will have confidence about it.
Someone once told me, "If you get 5 CPAs in the same room and give them the same financial data, you'll get 5 different tax filings." So it's flexible. All you need is to have proof on paper to justify how you did your taxes. Software is just a convenience, an aid to your tax preparation. - migla, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"12 people from over 5 countries"
Is that six? Seven? Can they count? (great app, though) - schestowitz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It can be installed locally.
- rip747, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3I really don't think that you should be trusting your financial information to a open source software, especially your tax information. What the hell happens if this thing makes a mistake and you end up getting audited and fined? At least with TurboTax, it's certified and audit protection. Bottom line is that there are some things that you want a huge corporation backing and should be paying for.
- CarzorStelatis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So, you will trust a program whose functions are hidden from the world with your financial information? What proof do you have that a proprietary accounting package isn't 'phoning home' with your financial data the way that RealPlayer and WMP used to do with played track info? I'm by no means a FSF zealot (Windows XP + Office 2007) but tbh an open source accounting package is the _only_ desktop software I would trust with my financial information, other than one provided by my bank.
- b.m.a.n, on 11/13/2007, -3/+3Where can we get it? or when?
- challahc, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1now on windows? mistake!
- PsyQ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0But isn't it making money to be selling services, support, t-shirts etc.? So GNU and cash do go together. And there are ways to sell the software directly. Several companies do that: http://cheapiso.com , http://www.osdisc.com , http://linux-iso.de -- some of them have been in the business for a decade. Granted, they also sell non-GNU things like FreeBSD, but yes, GNU makes them money. Also, visit some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where you buy GNU software on CD. You pay per CD, of course, which makes some GNU/Linux distributions more expensive than the illegal copies of Windows XP :)
- jsled, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Yes, more people using FOSS software is a "mistake". Douchebeg.
- finkey1, on 08/26/2009, -0/+0As to trusting open source to taxes, sure, I would trust it. Open source is for collective software development, rather than proprietary, copyright software developed by one company or a team.. Gnucash, like Quickbooks, is simply a convenient way to compile reports for financial and tax purposes. When the IRS audits, it looks at stored paper records to justify, that's why we save them for three to ten years. We are discrete, we never put social security numbers, complete bank or credit card numbers into our accounting software, as a precaution. And the Freedom of Information Act allows anyone to look at our tax records if they want so it's out there in the open anyway..
- weiran, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1It's not available on OS X, they can't figure out how to package it.
- jsled, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Which "leftist organization" would that be?
- manicallday, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Gnu cash is alright, but I love yodlee. It has really made a difference in my life.
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