GNUCASH

If they have, then they might not be here any more :-)

I think more have converted to MoneyDance.

-- Vic Roberts Replace xxx with vdr in e-mail address.

Yes. I am using GnuCash 1.8.11 using Fedora Core 3 Linux.

I just started using 1.8.9 with Mandrake. Originally I was going to ask how to import date ranges with QFX. With a little experimentation I figured it out.

Fortunately my credit union permits both QIF and QFX formats to be downloaded directly bypassing Quicken's need to phone home.

My conversion away from MS nearly completed now.

I considered switching from Quicken. In looking over the GNUCash web site I came across the list of bug-fixes. I was surprised that there were so many low-level programming bugs that are still being found. It certainly doesn't appear to be a stable, mature, reliable product and I don't think I want to trust my financial records to it. Also, there is no info on whether it can interface to Quicken BillPay or other financial institutions.

You'd probably be surprised, if Intuit published their list.

Gnucash's is probably as stable as most other Open Source products. I don't like a couple of things they do, mostly the "many windows all over the place interface" and the silly "XML backend storage". There's a Postgres backend, (better would be a more SQL DB neutral interface), but it doesn't work with the latest versions. And it doesn't help that it's all coded in some obscure Lisp dialect and it is a pain in the neck to build, which reduces the amount of contributors.

I doubt that any one can interface with Quicken BillPay, except for Intuit products, but Gnucash can interface to other financial institutions.

-- HASM

I keep Gnucash 1.8.9 up to date in parallel with my Quicken 2001 Deluxe, and in some respects like Gnucash better. As another poster noted, it's up to 1.8.11 now, but 9 came pre-installed with my Xandros 3.0 Linux OS and I have been unable to install 11 myself.

When Intuit drops the ability to download stock prices in Q2001 I just may drop Q entirely. I haven't used Quicken Bill Pay for a couple of years.

--John Registered Linux User #291592

Not sure how you mean that. It almost like you mena it as a negative, but my experience with open source software has shown it to be, overall, far more reliable that proprietary Windows software.

I meant it in a positive way. It may not have the features or behave the way one wants, but it is stable. I was just commenting on the stability not the goodness or badness of the product, which I haven't used enough to have an opinion.

I do run Open Source products almost exclusively at home, with the exception of Excel and Quicken which I run under CrossOver, and also use Open Source products at work whenever possible, with the constraints of living in a Windows world.

Some day I'll convert all my Excel VB macros to whatever macro language gnumeric, oocalc or kspread will use, be it perl or python, and I may convert to gnucash when they move away from just a xml backend and support a stable db backend, be it postgres or mysql. (The current postgress backend is not stable, as it only works with an old version of gnucash.)

-- HASM

OK, that is quite similar to my experiences with Open Source products.