To Kubuntu, or not to Kubuntu? That is the question!

[Tim M]

Matt:

> A moment here.
> Being a relative newbie to Linux and Kubuntu, perhaps I don't have
> enough experience yet.
> However: I use Quickbooks Pro 2006.  It does NOT work under Wine.
> I have tried everything I can, but the incompatibilities are too many.
> Insurmountable for this newbie.
> It is far easier to just keep a Windows partition on your box and run it
> under Windows.
> This "solution", while unpalatable, is the only one I have been able to
> discover so far that works.
>
> Intuit (makers of Quicken and QuickBooks) informed me recently that they
> have NO INTENTION
> of coming out with a version for Linux.  (Intuit is owned by Microsoft,
> so there you have the reason.)
>
> If anyone needs to use these products, they must do so for now under
> Windows.
> Best,
> Wayne Seidl
>
> This might be a little off the topic but have you tried KmyMoney or
> GNUcash instead of Quicken? One of the reasons I started using Linux in the
> first place was to avoid having to buy Quicken. I use Quicken on my laptop
> (of course with XP) and GNUcash. I have found GNUcash a good program. When I
> installed KDE I installed KmyMoney and found it works well also. Both can
> import qif files from my bank. Maybe you guys know something I don't . . .
> but it works for me.
>
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