Old farts and new Linux

[Jeff Vian]

Richard Crawford wrote:

>Charles R. Dennett said:
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>>>Steve Blackwell wrote:
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>>>>Hey bj,
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>>>>I just got Quicken 2002 Deluxe to work in wine (wine-20040309-
>>>>1rh73winehq) on my RH7.3 box. If you are interested, I can send you
>>>>my  config file.
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>>>>At 45, I too would, no doubt, be referred to as an "old fart" by any
>>>>college kid.
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>>>>Steve
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>>>Sign me up for that too Steve!
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>>I guess I'm a semi-old-fart.  Only 49.  Been doing Sun/UNIX support
>>since SunOS 3.5.  HP3000, HP1000 and other stuff before that. Only
>>started with Linux just over a year ago.
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>>Anyway, the only reason I keep my old Windows box around is because I
>>could not get Microsoft Money 2001 working under wine.  I wonder if that
>>would be similar?  I only use MS$ because the old box came with it and
>>I've grown used to it.
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>I've heard that Gnumeric -- Gnucash? -- is a tolerable replacement for
>Quicken/MS$.  I'm thinking about switching to it myself.  Anyone have any
>experience with it?
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I use gnucash and IMHO it outdoes even Quickbooks Pro.

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