Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If I recall correctly, the official policy is to support: 1. The last major GnuCash release, 2. On the oldest officially supported OS release. This doesn't mean older versions won't work, (some people are still in 2.6.x land!) or that newer versions won't necessarily work on older OS

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-08-03 Thread Greg Feneis
Sharon, The risk of updating GnuCash to the most recent version on a Windows 7 computer is pretty small compared to your continued use of Windows 7. Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 about a year and a half ago. You should avoid using Windows 7 for anything of consequence. Perhaps things

[GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-08-03 Thread flywire
> *I successfully transferred from Quicken to GnuCash years ago, with no > troubles. I'm a home user, nothing complex. *>>* Is there any reason I should upgrade from Version 3.8? Are the changes mostly for business folks or are there changes that a home user would enjoy?* It's continual

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-08-02 Thread Peter West
Hi Sharon, I’m CC this to the list, as I cannot answer it. Peter — Peter West p...@ehealth.id.au But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” > On 2 Aug 2021, at 3:09 pm, sc wrote: > > Many thanks to Peter and Alan and Geoff for your responses to my

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-07-28 Thread Stan Brown
On 2021-07-27 23:13, Geoff wrote: > IMHO the biggest benefit you will get by upgrading is the reduced data > entry work on transactions when choosing an account by being able to > type in any part of an account name. > > To illustrate, consider this account: > Expenses:Personal:Shoes > > At

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-07-28 Thread Glenn Fowler
In addition, there are many bug fixes, improvements, and features added. For example a big one is attachments. Take a look at what has changed over time: https://www.gnucash.org/news.phtml On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 1:22 AM William Prescott wrote: > One reason to update regularly, is that someday

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-07-28 Thread Alan A Holmes
of post and not found it yet, but I'm sure someone might be able to put their finger on it quickly. Alan A Holmes -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of sc Sent: 27 July 2021 16:24 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] Simple Update Question Hello. I successfully

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-07-28 Thread Peter West
Hi Sharon, Open source software is different from commercial software in that there is no contract, implied or otherwise, to support your use of one particular version of the software. Even with commercial software, there are limits to support, as you would have found if you you were running,

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-07-28 Thread William Prescott
One reason to update regularly, is that someday one may have to update. And it is generally easier to update from one version to the next than it is to do an update that skips lots of versions. Data formats change and each version will support converting from the previous format but probably

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-07-28 Thread Geoff
Hi Sharon IMHO the biggest benefit you will get by upgrading is the reduced data entry work on transactions when choosing an account by being able to type in any part of an account name. To illustrate, consider this account: Expenses:Personal:Shoes At present, you need to type something

[GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-07-27 Thread sc
Hello. I successfully transferred from Quicken to GnuCash years ago, with no troubles.  I'm a home user, nothing complex. Is there any reason I should upgrade from Version 3.8?  Are the changes mostly for business folks or are there changes that a home user would enjoy? Sharon