
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I would be interested in knowing about this. My bookkeeper partner has to integrate with quickbooks and other mainstream accounting packages, but I would like something with less surveillance built in. <div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wolf X Halton - CEO/CISO</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">SysWow Corporation <br></span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://SysWow.com</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">vPBX Telecommunications,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Managed Cybersecurity, Forensic and Monthly Bookkeeping Services </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+1 (678) 981-9511x2301</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cell +1 (404) 492-6432</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wolf.Halton@syswow.com</span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 14, 2025, at 17:34, Ken Cochran via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Hopefully not OT - looks like some(?) Linux distributions are</span><br><span>including this, or at least have been.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I'd very much like to escape Quickbooks' evil clutches.</span><br><span></span><br><span>GNUCash might fit the bill but I need "class" support &</span><br><span>would also need to export/convert/import its file(s) (.qbw)</span><br><span>so I can have histories & do reporting. GNUCash does neither.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I came across Plain Text Accounting</span><br><span>(https://plaintextaccounting.org/) & it looks intriguing.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Any ALErs with any experience(s)?</span><br><span></span><br><span>I would be Just Fine with something CLI/text based & if this</span><br><span>"worked" it'd hopefully be a nice escape from the cloud-bs</span><br><span>pressure/cost/lock-in/data-mining horrors to which essentially</span><br><span>all the various accounting/bookkeeping applications have</span><br><span>migrated & are forcing onto "us".</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thank you for allowing me to vent... -kc</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Ale mailing list</span><br><span>Ale@ale.org</span><br><span>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</span><br><span>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</span><br><span>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>