Personal Financial Management Software for Linux - Continued
During the past week I was able to look at a few more candidates in the Personal Financial Management area, and to gain some experience with the one that I have decided to use for now.
One thing that became clear to me while doing this is that easy availability and ease of installation in the popular Linux distributions is crucial for the success of application packages. My choice of packages to investigate was based on a very simple criteria - they were present in the Linux Mint Software Manager.
HomeBank: This looks like a very interesting (if somewhat odd) program. It seems to have a very long history, as their web page mentions "more than 14 years of user experience", including an Amiga version for which there is still an "import Amiga data" function. When you start it for the first time, the best description I can think of for the main screen is "Spartan". A blank window with a menu bar. This is quite a contrast to programs like Quicken, which insist on starting with a barrage of propoganda, publicity, hints, tips, and a "Wizard" to help you set up your accounts and import your data. It takes just a little investigation to figure out how to create an account. Once you get that done, you can start to add some transactions, and you are on your way. HomeBank seems to have all of the usual features and capabilities - Categories to group and track your income and expenses, descriptions and tags to help you identify and later search for transactions, graphs and reports to help you analyze your financial state.
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