linux accounting software or cheap winxp

[Bruce Dawson]

Paul Lussier wrote:
> Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> writes:
>
>   
>> On 02/24/2009 02:55 PM, Paul Lussier wrote:
>>     
>>> My goal is to track the gasoline usage, not the cost of the gasoline I
>>> use.  The former doesn't vary much, whereas the latter varies
>>> drastically.
>>>       
>> Can you just enter gallons as dollars?
>>     
>
> No, because I want to track both my costs and my usage.
>
> In Ledger I can simply do this:
>
>   08/08 BJ's Wholesale Club
>       Expenses:Auto:Fuel          GAL 13.569 @ $ 3.669
>       Assets:BankAccounts:Checking            $ -49.78
>
> Then I can run a report like this to see total gas consumption:
>
>   $ ledger -f ledger.dat -p 2008 bal fuel
>
>            GAL 316.516  Expenses:Auto:Fuel
>   --------------------
>            GAL 316.516  
> pll at whozit - /Users/pll/personal/finance/ledger#[949]
>   

OK. I'll ask the obvious next question - where did this 'ledger' command
come from?

--Bruce