as a open source nut, I'm not big on quicken or QuickBooks. When I started keeping track of my expences, GnuCash was my only option. These days, there is something else starting to get ground. Eqonomize is a new, and easy tool for personal accounting.
GnuCash is hard to use, since it uses Double-Entry Accounting as does Eqonomize. However it is possible to access your data with postgres. As far as look and feel go, looks like I will soon be switching.
This is not to say there is a major difference between them. In fact, they seem pretty equal. I am only considering look and feel. Keep an eye on these two! I know some of you are thinking, there is more than that. You are right, there are other programs out there. I haven't looked at them, and they are not open source. That is a major point for me. Also note; none of these seem to use any sort of encryption. All your data is sored plain text. This is only a problem if you don't know about it. For anyone who knows there way around a shell, it's a matter of making a script to encrypt the data when it's not opened, and decrypt it when it is.
P.S. Check out Tim's blog. He is the reason I got on blogger in the first place. I will be adding pictures from his trip along the way. Should be a very cool trip.
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