On 2023.05.18 10:13, Footer via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
Greetings,
I'm a long time KMyMoney user, some 17+ years! I've loved this
program
since the day I discovered and installed it, and for that, I give the
KMyMoney team a HUGE Thank You!!
I am recently retired and traveling more now, so I am away from my
desktop
and looking for options to use KMyMoney while away from home. The
devices
I currently own in addition to my desktop:
Pixel 7 Pro
Chromebook running ChromeOS
JingPad (pretty much just a paperweight at this point)
Contemplating purchase of the new Pixel Tablet
Is it possible to install KMyMoney on any of these devices or is
there some
other way I should explore for keeping my finances up-to-date on the
go? I
am not opposed to purchasing another portable device (tablet or
laptop) if
I could get this solution to work. KDE Slimbook perhaps??
Apologies in advance if this topic is covered elsewhere, I have only
just
started researching it and haven't found any solutions yet.
Thanks!
Terry
foo...@gmail.com
Current Desktop specs:
KMyMoney Version 5.0.8
Kubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa) Linux 5.15.0
KDE Plasma 5.18.8
The first thing I would point out is that 5.0.8 is quite old at this
point. The current released version is 5.1.3. It is not absolutely
required to upgrade, but if you want to do so, and there is no packaged
version for your distribution, you can always use an appImage. (See
https://kmymoney.org/appimage.html for more information.)
In terms of remote use, KMyMoney should work fine on any laptop.
However, note that you have to be very careful about which data file
you use. If you copy your .kmy file from desktop to laptop and
add/change any data, you need to remember to copy the file back to the
desktop. There is no current way to coordinate or synchronize the use
of two different files.
Next, there is no version available for Android or iOS. It might be
interesting to see if it could be built for ChromeOS, but my
understanding (rather limited) is that would be as much work as
building for Android (if not exactly the same - with the difference of
local data storage instead of remote.
What has been suggested in the past is to just use some note taking app
to record your purchases/transactions in a csv format, and then import
when you are back at your desktop.
Jack
