[Wlug] Linux Choix?

Walt Sawyer wsawyer at norfolk-county.com
Sat Nov 17 23:03:44 EST 2007


Some banks (like mine-Ben Franklin) will allow the customer to download
a .qif file when banking online..  GnuCash imports that and will check
for duplicate entries.  It works well (after using it for a year).  I
like it.
Walt



Eric Martin wrote:
> John Stoffel wrote:
> > Mike> There is one application and one process that is keeping me from
> > Mike> being able to completely eliminate getting rid of windows. That
> > Mike> is Quickbooks and syncing to my nokia 9300. I use SugarCRM for
> > Mike> customer and marketing related related activities. Is there an
> > Mike> open source alternative to quickbooks and to sync to my nokia
> > Mike> (symbian os)?
>
> > Have you looked at gnucash as a QuickBooks replacement?   I just wish
> > I was anal enough to bother putting all my home/personal expenses into
> > GnuCash, but I'm balking at re-typing my credit card and bank
> > statements into it.
>
> > This is the Quicken advantage, they can talk to alot of banks and
> > credit card companies to import data easily.
>
> > Actually, GnuCash can do this too, if your bank/CCC supports exporting
> > in one of the standard financial formats.  Now if I could just get my
> > bank to *email* me an encrypted statement each month, I'd be happy...
>
> GNUcash can handle grabbing stuff online the same way quicken does.
> The problem is most banks / credit cards (that I've tried) check for
> quicken, so it doesn't work easily.  I'm trying to get back into
> punching my stuff into gnucash so I'll let you know how it goes.
> > As for the Nokia, sorry, no clue.
> Ditto
>
> Eric

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