[ale] Linux-based financial tools?

DJ-Pfulio djpfulio at jdpfu.com
Mon Feb 8 12:05:04 EST 2016


Not in years. Looked like it did about 5% of what I needed.

On 02/08/2016 11:39 AM, Scott M. Jones wrote:
> Have you looked at gnucash?
> 
> On 2/8/16 11:15 AM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>> What Linux-based tools do you use to manage bank, brokerage, and other financial
>> accounts?
>>
>> I've been looking for a replacement to Quicken since ... 1989. Haven't found
>> anything except simple leger-type stuff.  Tried beancounter for a few months,
>> but went back to quicken and their mandated every-3 yr upgrade/downgrade cycles.
>> Since 2013, getting Quicken to run acceptably under WINE hasn't worked for me
>> either. It is one of the last 4 things I cannot accomplish on Linux, sadly.
>> * Quicken
>> * Video editing with EDL cuts that can be manually validated efficiently; there
>> are many video editors, but NONE, ZERO, NADA support EDL. VideoRedo is the tool
>> to be replaced.
>> * MS-Visio (cough - nothing is close and the 2003 version hasn't been improved,
>> IMHO)
>> * Presentation broadcasting/captures - OBS isn't stable on Linux, IME. Works
>> great on Windows for some reason.
>>
>> Everything else I do is done on non-Windows systems.
>> Ideas? 


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