Quicken for Linux?

Matt Shields matt-urrlRJtNKRMsHrnhXWJB8w at public.gmane.org
Fri May 8 09:06:56 EDT 2009


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.

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