Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

fixed now thanks for the fast email response

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

the install file used to work perfectly fine until recently.
The file file does point to the right repo ! as shown below.
But when its being added in the application manager , mysteriously the distribution is left empty which is the issue.
In PR1.2 they have added two distributions fremantle and fremantle-1.2 which is why you see this error now and not before. Im not sure if I want to do something about this now until its decided what the debmaster wants to do with the repos.
I suggest you use the application manager to install for now, by enabling extras-devel.
Or another way is when you install from the website and when the application manager asks to install the catalogue from the .install file, manually type the missing distribution as fremantle and all should work fine.

the issue of the key generation was fixed. Post here.
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...3&postcount=56
Probably you had the old release of buddy, anyhow glad to hear everything works now.

thanks.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

Noticed this also and would appreciate if it is added in the next update and also remove the limit on the size of budget you can specify.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

sure, I had this already noted down. There is an issue due to the display area limitations, so I may not have it unlimited.
cheers

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

due to this fix in PR1.2
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...2&postcount=75

/opt gets wiped out hence all the buddy data is gone.
As mentioned there, until the update arrives, I suggest you take a csv backup of your data before flashing.

cheers.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

really appreeciate you helping me out with that..been trying to play around and see how to set it up best for my use as i had suggested before..hopefully you will bring that addition one day...or another idea i had was maybe have the option to use Description field as one of the columns in the Expenses page..or just add a new field there..this way i can setup a category called May..apply all my expenses to this category..and in the description (or new field) input expense type like food, taxi..etc

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

Buddy Budget Program

Finally after a year of waiting a program that has both the visual graphic appeal of what the N900 is capable of in a 2nd party program and a simplistic user friendly design. Buddy budget program sets the bar of higher standards on what a common user expected from this device in the N900. With the simplistic uses to the end user of this program in the mathematical functions I can only hope to see other spin offs of this product such as Buddy Milage, Buddy Trainer, and other logging application. To the designer of this program Thank You! The only thing that I would have liked to have seen would have been a current balance of remaing cash on hand after expenses. Good Job, Very Good Job.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

Thank you for the appreciation backwoods, a major motivation for all developers here to keep going a bit further :)
I think there are still areas of improvement and bugs to be found, but Im hopeful it will smoothen out, have seen some good feedback off late.

The current balance for each of your categories ( like food, gas, gadgets, bills etc... ) is displayed in the Reports-->Usage graph, there you can see how much of your budget has been used visually and also below each visual representation you have the budget/expense/balance amounts listed.
You can view this for any period you want.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

Hai, krk969...

As we've been talking about elsewhere, I've been setting up a mockup graph showing something akin to a liquidity flow. Or rather, it shows expected income and expected expenses on a per month basis.

I don't really need a graph for this, I'd have most of it covered with the expenses list view. But I think this graph is very... Readable.

What is shown in it is:
- Per month, expected income. Budget, if you like.
- Per month, expected expenses. Aka recurring bills.
- Example graph is of an imagined setting where you have a fixed paycheck once or twice a month, plus some recurring bills. Some bi-annual, so expenses are higher in January and July. Some every 2nd month, some every month.

What is the intent of this graph?
Well, if you look at it, it's bleeding obvious that someone who doesn't plan ahead may have an terribly hard month in July. So, just by looking at it for a second, I'd realize that I have to save some extra money in June. What the graph underlines is basically which month you have to prepare for.

How would I fill in the data behind this graph?
Green bars is budget, 1M recurring.
Red bars would consist of several expenses.
Example:
$2500, 6 month(s) recurring, starting January 31st, ending when there's world peace. Instead of picking "prorate" or "do not prorate", I'd pick a third option, like "show at deadline" or something like that. So, it would add $2500 to the January and July bars.

Does this make sense? You could use the totals graph if it showed the "third" type of expenses as described. That way people could use it or not use it, without having to have another graph to understand.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Buddy - a budget and expense manager for maemo.
 

New version 0.2-4 uploaded to the repository.

Contains no functional changes but buddy is now designed to run on a Windows or Linux/Unix PC as well as on Maemo platforms.
So feel free to try it on your desktops now it does not need a registration for the PC version.

Instructions to download and install :

For Windows users
1. Download the file from here.
2. Run the installation , but do not change the installation directory keep it default for now.
3. Buddy will be added to your start menu and you can then run it.

For Linux/Unix users
1. Download the file from here.
2. Run the installation as root.
3. Run buddy with the commad
You could create a shortcut to that.

I've left out a few functionality for now for the windows desktop versions like security features and password protection but other functions work just like the app on the Maemo platform(N900).
Security features will work on the Linux desktop version.

You can already guess what the next feature will be, but that will need a bit more time for now :).