So far I have found that /run/user/11001 is a tmpfs file system which is
currently in use by by about 30 processes!!!
On 2025-02-20 11:41 a.m., Mike Brady wrote:
Using Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon dual-booting with Windows 11 on a
desktop. Also using Windows 11 on a laptop with either Onedrive or USB
stick copies of the Gnucash database.
Bookkeeper uses using Windows 10; trying to decide whether to upgrade
to 11 (her computer qualifies) or buy a new computer with it. Has seen
me using Linux, but not sure she wants that as an only OS.
And another thought: I dual-boot, so there's no chance of accidentally
changing the data file while it's open in both OS at the same time.
Somebody running Linux in a VM under Windows (or vice versa), or with
multiple computers accessing the main file in network-attached storage
(aka a server?), does have that danger, mitigated somewhat by Gnucash
file locking which tries to be sure only one user has write access
(but easy to override) and any locking provided by the server OS.
Using the same or near-same version of Gnucash all over: 5.10 on
Windows and Linux (via Flatpack in Linux - the Ubuntu repository
otherwise used by Mint is massively out of date). Until recently the
bookkeeper was using 5.8 (I recommended upgrade and showed her how to
use winget to do that easily) which was no problem in terms of file
compatibility.
A side question not really relevant here, though: when is 5.11 coming
out? Winget seems to think that 5.10 (installed) is 5.1, and downloads
and installs 5.10 *every time I run it*. Annoying and a waste of
bandwidth. 5.11 will probably fix that.
Cheers!
Mike Brady
On 2/20/2025 8:09 AM, Brad Morrison (via
gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org) wrote:
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:18:35 -0800
From: Brad Morrison <bradmorri...@sonic.net>
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Accessing data on a windows share fro a link app
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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?
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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:
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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
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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.
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:24:11 -0800
From: Brad Morrison <bradmorri...@sonic.net>
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Accessing data on a windows share fro a link app
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Hi Griffin/GNUCash users,
What Linux distro & version are you running on your Linux laptop?
https://distrowatch.com/
Are the versions of GNUCash on the Windows 10 desktop & the laptop
running Linux the same?
https://gnucash.org/download.phtml - the current version of GNUCash is
5.10 for all the operating systems listed
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On 2025-02-19 13:10, griffin wrote:
I have two different computers, my windows 10 desktop, and my Linux
laptop. The desktop is connected to my network wirelessly, while the
desktop is a wired connection.
I can access the entire windows share from Linux laptop, but GNUCash
will not open the GNUCash file stored on the windows share. I can
select then, but GNUCash will not open them.
I can access and use Thunderbird files on the Linux Laptop, and othe
files,, but not GNUCash, which leads me to believe this is something
to do with GNUCash, and any networking thing.
The message that is presented says;
The file/URI /run/user/1001/gvfs/smb... could not be found.
Any thoughts?
On 2025-02-19 8:34 a.m., Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user
wrote: 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.
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