Re: Need a hand with a school project

Haven't had that happen yet.  Which version did it grab for you?  Was
it gnu cash 2.29?  Or did it grab a 2.3 rc?


Alex M
On 11/17/10, Don Marang <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tend to use apt-get in Vinux, since the GUI interfaces sometimes do not
> pick up the pinning of Vinux packages and can cause lack of speech if Orca
> or Speech Dispatcher get updated upstream.
>
> I installed the program.  It was simply, gnucash.  So the command:
>
> sudo apt-get install gnucash
>
> worked to install it.  It installed 27 packages taking up 81 MB.
>
> Don Marang
>
> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real
> substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working
> on things that matter.
> Dean Kamen
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Alex Midence" <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:40 AM
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Need a hand with a school project
>
>> Hi, Don,
>>
>> I found it on synaptic just fine.  From the table containing the
>> software just start typing gnu cash real fast and it should jump you
>> to the vicinity of it.  I'm proetty sure you can use apt-get to put it
>> on the machine but I am not sure about the syntax.  It's either:
>>
>>
>> sudo apt-get install gnucash
>>
>> or,
>>
>> sudo apt-get install gnu-cash
>>
>>
>>
>> I am not on a linux machine right now to test it out for sure.
>> Synaptic should work just fine for you though.  Stable version right
>> now is 2.29 but they have quite a few release 2.3 candidates.  They're
>> aiming for the next stable release to be 2.4.  I think they're up to
>> 2.3.39 right now in the rc versions if you are feeling brave.
>> Supposed to do all sorts of nifty stuff with sql.
>>
>> hth,
>>
>> Alex M
>>
>> On 11/16/10, Don Marang <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Do you know if Gnu Cash is available as a package in Ubuntu Maverick or
>>> Lucid repositories?
>>>
>>> Don Marang
>>>
>>> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any
>>> real
>>> substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am
>>> working
>>> on things that matter.
>>> Dean Kamen
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Alex Midence" <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:05 PM
>>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: Need a hand with a school project
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Jamal.  Be glad to share the results with you.  So far,
>>>> Firefox is in the lead for the most popular FOSS app.  VLC and Open
>>>> Office are next in line.  Hardly anyone's heard of Gnu Cash.  That
>>>> surprised me.  It's a very nice program actually.  For accessibility
>>>> though, it works better in Linux than windows.  Also, and this didn't
>>>> surprise, most people don't care if the source code is available on
>>>> software or not.  NO price tag is enough for them.  Only about 10% are
>>>> exclusive open source users right down to the OS.  Most Open Source
>>>> suers are in the "Use it for some  things" category.  Then there was
>>>> the huge number who had never heard of open source.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Alex M
>>>> On 11/16/10, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Me, too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex,
>>>>> If possible, please report the survey results when you determine then.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jamal
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/15/2010 6:58 PM, Michael Taboada (AI5HF) wrote:
>>>>>> Just took it.
>>>>>> Hth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Michael.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AI5HF
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://mtgames.org/
>>>>>> http://u4u.be/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Skype: lilmike2
>>>>>> Gmail: ai5hf.lilmike@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> msn: ai5hf@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/MWTab
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PC details:
>>>>>> Intel quad core 2.66 ghz; 4 gb duel channel ddr2 ram; 1 TB harddrive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living." --
>>>>>> Christopher Paolini, Eldest.
>>>>>> "A world that contained a creature as amazing as that bumblebee was a
>>>>>> world he wanted to live in." -- Christopher Paolini, Brisingr.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> From: "Alex Midence" <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 1:54 AM
>>>>>> To: "programmingblind" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "jfw"
>>>>>> <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Subject: Need a hand with a school project
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very sorry to send such a blanket e-mail but I'm in a fix. I've been
>>>>>>> asked to create a survey for a school project and generate 20
>>>>>>> responses after which I need to gather them up in a presentation. The
>>>>>>> survey is called "How do you feel about Free?" and deals with the use
>>>>>>> of free software in general and open source software in particular. I
>>>>>>> would appreciate it no end if you guys were to take it. It's only 10
>>>>>>> questions. The link is below. Just click on it and you'll be in the
>>>>>>> survey. Send it to all your friends or to anyone you want to annoy.
>>>>>>> I'm totally OK with you using my survey to annoy somebody. Anything
>>>>>>> to generate responses. :) Here is the link:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LJ85BR2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks to all who respond and apologies to those whose inbox I've
>>>>>>> filled with junk mail.
>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>> Alex
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