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I’m proud to announce that I’ve reached what I consider to be version 0.1 for mokash. It probably still has some bugs in it, and definitely needs to be tested on a Neo1973, but I’m confident that it can work as a day-to-day check register. A few of the features I’ve implemented include locale-based currency display and entry, searching based on tags or parties, and automatic transaction purging.

Please download it and give me feedback, especially if you own a Neo1973. I’ll not be able to purchase one as soon as I’d hoped, so every bit of feedback is helpful. And if you encounter any bugs, or would like a feature implemented, please file a new ticket in Trac.

I’ve begun work on a new project that goes by the name of mokash. It’s a bank account management application designed for use on the FIC OpenMoko Neo1973 phone. It is currently planned to be written in C, using Gtk2 for the UI, although it may change to libmokoui to fit in with the phone’s look and feel. It is heavily inspired by PCash for PalmOS, which I use to keep track of my own bank accounts.

I’ll keep posted on developments for it and create a project page soon. Until then, the trac page is available to look at the source code or submit tickets.

I’ve been using Arch Linux on my laptop for about a month now, and last night I was ready to give up on it. One update completely borked a lot of packages. But after researching a little more, I discovered that the mirror I synced to was using a more up-to-date tree than the rest of the mirrors. So I actually set my mirrors correctly, removed the unstable packages that were installed from the broken mirror, and went about my merry way.