This is it. I have officially cut the cord with Microsoft Money. I'm not going back.

Since installing Ubuntu Linux on this box and coming to really like it, I've been looking around trying to figure out how to get away from all those Windows-only applications whose functionality I can't live without. Managing the family finances is one of those applications.

I have used some form of money management program since the mid-80's. Anyone remember Managing Your Money? I still have floppy disks with MYM data archived from those early years. Some years ago I decided I'd keep them, despite their uselessness. It's a link to the past, the way things were and will never be again, thank goodness.

It's GnuCash for me now. I spent this past weekend downloading and installing it, and then learning how it works.

Let me tell you, this is strong stuff. I'll elaborate on why I am so impressed with GnuCash in future posts. The reasons are far too numerous to go into right now. Not only that but I'm still discovering new wonderfulness every time I use it.