| Name: | Raymond |
|---|---|
| Date/Time: | 2009-10-11 at 22:05:47 HST |
| Subject: | GnuCash - free (GNU GPL) personal and small-business financial-accounting software |
| Times Read: | [252] since 2009 October 11 |
I had tried GnuCash before, but, at the time, it didn't seem worth the time learning to use another software, when the one I had been using, Quicken, did everything I needed to.
Recently, my personal computer has been showing signs of age - that it may not last much longer. Yesterday, I bought an inexpensive "backup" computer, in anticipation of the day when our primary one no longer works. Since I cannot install new software from CD or DVD, today I tried purchasing a newer version of Quicken online - intending to download it. During the checkout process, I was asked if I already had an account. I did, and I tried logging in, but was unsuccessful using the username and password I had recorded. To make a long and frustrating story short, I couldn't log in, to either my existing acount, or the new one I tried to create - I kept looping back to the login prompt. The system wouldn't allow me to get far enough to purchase and download the product.
GnuCash began looking better and better. I downloaded the most recent stable release and followed the instructions for exporting data from Quicken, to import into GnuCash. My multiple accounts balanced perfectly.
I will use both programs in parallel until I'm confident I'm using GnuCash appropriately, at which point...
www.gnucash.org
Raymond
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
www.reikialoha.com/raymond