Accounting

[Jeff Vian]

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 19:16, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 20:32, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 20:25, J.L. Coenders wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Can any of you recommend a good accounting application for Linux? I want to 
> > > try doing the accounting of my company with something more advanced than a 
> > > spreadsheet.
> > > I am looking for a program which is able to use the European/Dutch manner of 
> > > accounting, balance sheets, etc. etc.
> > 
> > GnuCash? It comes with Fedora Core, and if you installed it it's under
> > Applications -> Office.
> 
> Perhaps you haven't had a chance to look over the various responses you
> got to your original question, so please don't take this as a personal
> rebuke, but it would be helpful if, when people post a question to the
> list, and get several responses, that they then reply to those responses
> and indicate which of them were helpful and whether they solved their
> problem. The list archive is a valuable resource. I, for one, would like
> to know whether my response ("try GnuCash") was helpful because at some
> point I am going to have to start evaluating GnuCash for my own needs,
> which aren't too dissimilar to yours. That's the way it works: people
> ask questions, others try to be helpful, and sometimes learn something
> themselves if they are told that their answer really was helpful.
> 
> So, in general, if you post a question to this list and someone's answer
> was genuinely helpful then please let the rest of us know. It's not
> about politeness (that could be done off list) but about building a
> valuable resource (the list archive).
> 
> Best, Darren
> 
Darren

I personally use gnucash for my home checkbook/bank account management. 
However, for business accounting needs I use SQL-Ledger, as it is a much
better package for all the needs of a business.

HTH
Jeff