gnomedesktop.org — The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 2.2.0, the new stable release of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting Software. With this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft Windows for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and Mac OSX.
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cricoste90Jul 18, 2007
Quicken (and every other closed sourced proprietary 'tax/money' software only for Windows) FTW!Digg me down to infinity but you know its true:WINDOWS > linux!!!
ptfoeJul 18, 2007
As like a Linux product page NO f**kING SCREENSHOTS
maino82Jul 19, 2007
from the GNU Cash website: <a class="user" href="http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Importing.2FExporting_Data">http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Importing.2FExporting_Data</a>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.
pwhitey86Jul 19, 2007
down with quicken
ptfoeJul 19, 2007
Thanks but they are so tiny, and just 3 of them for a program as large as this.
psyqJul 19, 2007
But 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: <a class="user" href="http://cheapiso.com">http://cheapiso.com</a> , <a class="user" href="http://www.osdisc.com">http://www.osdisc.com</a> , <a class="user" href="http://linux-iso.de">http://linux-iso.de</a> -- 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 :)
Closed AccountJul 19, 2007
I 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.
jsledJul 19, 2007
GnuCash 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.
ajspJul 19, 2007
I have been doing this for awhile now (VM) :) so it will be nice to just run the thing on windows...
carzorstelatisSep 12, 2007
So, 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.
finkey1Aug 26, 2009
As 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..
finkey1Aug 26, 2009
Friend, 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.