Hello again,
Just to clarify - I don't need a spreadsheet, I need a database. I've been tracking all my income and expenses since I first started working for myself in 1997. Back then I had a Mac and was using FileMaker, but when I switched to PCs in 2003 I started using Works. I was especially glad that its database wasn't anything like Access, which at that point was the only one I hadn't been able to figure out (I was using it at a temp job). I've been using databases of one kind or another since 1985; most of them worked about the same way, but Access was different and just didn't make any sense to me.
I do use a spreadsheet for the summary data, but the individual transactions need to be in a database so I can manipulate the data and do different reports. I also don't want something just for financials because eventually I'll use it for other purposes. (I mentioned financials here only because that's all I currently use the DB for.)
Just one other thing. Based on the recommendations here I wanted to check out MySQL, but I haven't been able to locate it in either the Software Manager or the Package Manager (Mint has both; I'm not sure why or what the difference is). I've had a lot of trouble getting anything to install if I didn't use one of those managers, so I wanted to stay with those. But when I do a search for "mysql" there are so many results I don't know which to choose. Does anyone have any suggestions about that? I admit that Linux's file-naming baffles me.
Thanks again for your help.
Meg
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