FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2001 (The INTERNET) The GnuCash Development Team
<http://www.gnucash.org> proudly announces the release of GnuCash 1.6,
the GNU personal finance manager. GnuCash features a full account
hierarchy manager, a checkbook-like register GUI to enter
transactions, and a full set of reports to visualize the state of your
finances. The new release comes with a configurable main window, a
much improved checking and general ledger entry window, and over ten
completely new graphical reports including pie charts and bar charts
using the GNU plot program Guppi <http://www.gnome.org/guppi>.
Version 1.6 is the first stable GnuCash release to use the new XML
file format; old binary files are converted automatically. The new
XML format opens the door to further feature extensions and growing
support of small business type applications. The user interface
is designed to be simple and easy to use, but it is backed with
double-entry accounting principles to ensure balanced books.
For new users, the newly introduced account hierarchy creation druid
helps to get started, and the latest introductory documentation is
more exhaustive than ever. Existing financial data from e.g. Quicken
or MS Money can easily be imported by the much improved QIF importer.
Additional new features include printable reports, a financial
calculator, better support for multiple currencies and the Euro. The
Development Team strongly encourages all users to upgrade to GnuCash
1.6.0.
GnuCash is available for free under the GNU General Public License
(GPL) from the GnuCash server <http://www.gnucash.org> and its
mirrors. Thanks go to all the translators, testers, bug reporters,
artists, and programmers who made this release possible. And thanks
to all our users for choosing GnuCash!
Downloading and Compiling GnuCash
The source packages for GnuCash are available for free download at
ftp://ftp.gnucash.org/pub/... GnuCash 1.6 requires the Gnome 1.4
platform, Guppi, guile, slib, and g-wrap. The detailed requirements
can be found at <http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml>.
Contact
Send email to the mailing list <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org>.
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<http://www.gnucash.org/en/lists.phtml>.
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