[wplug] Financial Management Software

[Brandon Kuczenski]

> My current scheme is to use Quicken for personal stuff and QuickBooks
> for biz on XP under vmware on my linux box unless and until any of the
> Linux software such as GnuCash, Kapital, etc. gets online banking
> capabilities that work with my bank.  My bank (PNC) doesn't allow
> uploading and downloading of OFX files, so I can't synchronize by
> downloading a file of transactions and importing.  Nor can I make online
> payments by uploading an exported OFX file.
> 
> So, unfortunately, I'm stuck paying Intuit for now.  :(
> 

I see.  Well, I never started using the online banking tools, having some 
kind of perverse obsession for entering in the data by hand and 
ritualistically shredding the receipts afterwards.  (Seriously, with 
candles and everything)

Thanks for all the replies.  It turns out that GnuCash does not include
the word "Financial" anywhere in its sourceforge page, and so I missed it
the first time through.  But it looks like what I need, and it does read
QIF files, which means I can export my Quicken data into it.

However, I'm now forced to make a decision between dual-booting my windows 
box (which, frankly, I still really need for compatibility reasons 
including Matlab, OpenAFS, and unfortnately, Internet Explorer for that 
one investment website that doesn't play well with Mozilla) and 
transferring my financial records to my laptop, which is simply easier.

I was kidding.  I don't really use candles when updating my financial 
records.

-Brandon