Thank you, Carsten. I'd heard about Gnucash, but I haven't downloaded it yet. It sounds promising.

Paul Lutus also has a free financial program written in Java, but I don't remember if it's open source.

All the best!

- Ray


----- Original Message ----
From: Carsten Agger <agger@???>
To: dynebolic mailinglist <dynebolic@???>
Sent: Sun, June 20, 2010 4:06:30 PM
Subject: Re: [dyne:bolic] New User

> a personal finance program comparable to Quicken ...

Until recently, I never used a finance program because I used to have a
job and without being rich didn't really worry too much about making
ends meet ... then I became unemployed, and harsh realities like
rent-paying demand a higher level of control.

So I've taken to tracking my finances with Gnucash. It's free software,
available for GNU/Linux systems like d:b, it's very easy to use, and it
will import Quicken files. Gnucash differs from quicken in that it's
really a double entry accounting system but I don't think that'll be a
problem. I find it very convenient to track my finances, at least.

>
> - RZ