On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 04:49:26PM -0500, Sam Fredo via gnucash-user wrote: > i'm trying to move away from Microsoft so I've settled on Linux Mint. > > I've been using Gnucash for several years now and it is absolutely the best. > > I have tried to move the .gnucash file to the Linux Mint version but the > file won't open. I receive a message that the Mint version is to old and > the windows file has unsupported features. > > Windows version is 5.10 > > Mint version is 3.8 > > I tried to download the latest version of Gnucash using the Software > Manager but it appears that 3.8 is the current version. > > I also looked at installing Gnucash from the Flatpack. I'm new to this > so I'm hesitent to try this. > > i've tried Export/Import but that doesn't seem to work. > > So my question is, how (what is the best/easiest way) do it move my > Gnucash data from W10 Gnucash version 5.10 to Mint Gnucash version 3.8? > I think flatpack is probably the best way to go. The instructions do look a bit intimidating I agree. As long as you make sure you have secure backups of the GnuCash data files you can't really get into too much trouble though.
I use Linux but not Mint so I'm not the best person to help with details, maybe there are Mint users here who can help some more. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
