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On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:41 AM, markt9 <virtuallug.com-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Quicken was the one program that kept my wife from switching to Linux on > her desktop. 11 years of running a program makes it hard for people to > switch. > > I didn't have luck installing Quicken on Wine. Maybe an older version > of Quicken might work though. > > I installed VirtualBox from the Sun website (the open version does not > have usb support) and loaded XP on it for her to run Quicken. > > > Scott Ehrlich wrote: > > My in-law's home Windows XP is acting up. If I can't get it working > > properly again, I'm going to push Ubuntu. They also rely heavily on > > Quicken, so... > > > > How well does Quicken work under Wine? > > > > If not, what is the next best comparable Linux app that someone with > > low tolerance for change can accept and use? I know GnuCash exists, > > but it wasn't the easiest for me to deal with when I last checked it > > out over a year ago. > > > > Thanks for your insights. > > > > Scott > Quicken has some weird dependency with IE, I've never been able to get Quicken to work properly under Wine. -matt http://www.sysadminvalley.com http://www.beantownhost.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboston Emma Goldman <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/emma_goldman.html> - "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal."
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