They recommend SimpleFIN instead of Plaid: https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1cmfk8x/actualbudget_has_anyone_written_a_plaid_importer/
You jumped to a conclusion on pricing and made a mistake, it's ok, no big deal.
Lol you weirdo, I even said I did that:
Try clicking either of those links.
Regardless, this is a thread about self-hosted open-source budgeting, which is why I linked to Actual Budget. I have updated the first post to be the Github link instead to prevent confusion.
all I saw was pricing [...] can you really blame me?
I mean I really can. They don't have any paid option so you definitely didn't see any pricing. They only have a big open source message:
You're replying to my comment about Actual Budget, the very open source budgeting solution?
Net worth and investment tracking goes in my spreadsheets, budgeting in Actual Budget.
Imagine if the same amount of developer resources were put towards a single solution instead of 5 nearly identical ones 🤷
Why not Actual Budget, which is also self-hosted, open-source bucket budgeting based off YNAB, however it appears to be a lot more mature.
They also transparently run the project on Open Collective which I like: https://opencollective.com/actual
As someone new to Linux, what would be a few reasons that you prefer this to using the built-in GUI file browser?
Any cloud is a secure backup on Linux if you use rclone crypt :)
It works with Google Drive, Dropbox, One Drive, and countless others to create an encrypted cloud storage, where the cloud provider can never view your file contents.
I do it that way for my kid as she prefers it, and the "normal" way for me, and it is identically easy.
I cannot understand the claim that it's easier the seed end, it's just not true.
It's definitely cleaner doing it the normal way from the bunch end as you never get bits of banana on you if it's a particularly squishy one.
Bunch end wins for me. Just as easy if not easier and no mess.
I'm not sure how it works with PIA, but on Proton I can export multiple configs, let's say 6 different ones with a combination of countries and other options.
Then I add them all into KDE and I can switch between them at will.
It's a slight extra cost of time at the start, but after that it's smooth and easy.
Private Internet Access
Can't you simply get the OpenVPN or Wireguard details from in PIA, and then put them into Gnome/KDE's built-in VPN app?
Like this: https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/kb/articles/where-can-i-find-your-ovpn-files
Will be something similar for Wireguard.
Oh I agree with you. I am a daily crypto user and I have no use for this wallet. I was just offering some things it adds which might be useful.
Lightning is a big missed opportunity. Phoenix is the only wallet I know that has solved this in a user-friendly way.
(I did also mention that it only works between Proton accounts.)
The wallet doesn’t add anything directly useful.
It adds a couple of things which can be useful:
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You have a single receive email, but it's associated with a full HD wallet, so every receive will generate a brand new unused address for the sender. As the email is static, you could for example post it for donations and not have to worry about people being able to track anything you've received. Of course this only works with other Proton users which is kind of pointless, but perhaps it's the start of some sort of interoperability standard?
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They have support which you can contact, which while almost certainly isn't important for you, for your aunty it might be useful.