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Author: Dennis Kibbe
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Money manager
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:01:39 -0700 (MST)
"Alan Dayley" <> wrote:

> This question come up once in a while. I guess it is my turn to bring it
> up. I have checked the list archives but I thought to shake the tree and
> see if something new falls out.
>
> I am looking around for a money management program to run on Linux, of
> course. Finding one is not a problem. Finding good reviews of them is.
> So I come to PLUG.
>
> I used GNUCash for a while and it was good but I thought it a little over
> the top for what I wanted to do (personal budget, one checkbook at
> present, a couple of other accounts in the near future). I lost my
> discipline using it and am to far behind to catch up. I could restart
> with it but thought I'd look around a bit first.
>
> I use KDE so I'll be looking at Kmymoney. I know about Kapital but it is
> not FS/OSS and I want to consider Free stuff first. There are a number of
> Java based ones and web based ones but I have not tried them.
>
> What do you all use to keep track of your personal finances? What have
> you tried that is good or bad? Or is there a web page somewhere with good
> reviews of this type of application?


Alan,

I've found a good way to manage my money is with a Palm. Programs like QuickBudget and PocketMoney let you record expenses on the spot. Much better than waiting to get home and trying to remember to do it.

Dennisk
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