Hi Mike & GNUCash users, Possibly minor point, but what version of Linux Mint are you using? https://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php
Does your bookkeeper use Windows or Linux to access your GNUCash data file? --- Thanks, Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ & https://nextdoor.com/profile/01mP46jj8KCzj3sP4 & https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison On 2025-02-19 09:10, Mike Brady wrote: > Couple more notes: > > I dual-boot Windows 11 and Linux Mint on the same machine. Windows and Linux > are installed on separate physical disks (though separate partitions work the > same way), and data are on other separate disks (machine has 2 SSDs and 2 > HDs. Mint (Gnucash 5.10 in Flatpack) has no problem working with the Gnucash > data files on the separate data disk (NTFS) out of the box. Other flavors of > Linux might need something added to do that. Primary system used for Gnucash > work, however, is Window. Because of dual-booting, there is no possibility of > both OS's having the data file open at the same time. > > I don't regularly do it, but I can also copy my Gnucash data to Onedrive and > work on if from a different machine. Onedrive simply acts as network-attached > storage in that application. Gnucash does simple locking when opening the > file, so there would be at least a speed bump if somebody else tried to open > the file from Onedrive while I was working on it. Again, seldom used. > > My main way of sharing the Gnucash data is by sneakernetting USB sticks with > the bookkeeper. Then, of course, trying to remember where the most recent > copy of the data file is ... I'm prone to "Dory" moments (see "Little > Mermaid"). ;-) > > Yes, more questions need to be answered... > > Mike Brady > > On 2/19/2025 7:34 AM, gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org wrote: Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:34:41 -0500 > From: Michael or Penny Novack<stepbystepf...@comcast.net> > To:gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Accessing data on a windows share fro a link app > Message-ID:<401c0282-19d3-4aa6-b71c-e585f07c5...@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 2/19/2025 3:07 AM, Geoff wrote: This is a Windows/Linux networking > question, not specific to GnuCash > per se. Yes, and there OTHER questions you need to answer. Are these two > different machines (connected by a LAN)? Is this on the same machine? If so, > is this two separate partitions? Or is Linux running in a Windows partition > (by one of the ways that can be done) or vice versa? Oh, one more > possibility. Here my cable-wireless modem has several Ethernet and USB ports > (for example, our printers connect to the modem by Ethernet*) So COULD have a > data drive connected with the gnucash data not on either machine. Michael D > Novack * One of those printers WOULD support direct wireless, but the if off > 24+ hours I'd have to go through getting it reconnected. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
