[mdlug] Open Source accounting software

Stan Green Stan at mcomputersolutions.com
Wed Jan 27 22:45:35 EST 2010


I have run the open source version, but I always go back to Quicken.

I run Quicken 2004 and tax programs in VMWare Workstation 6.5. I was using 
Win2K, but H&R Block dropped Win2k, so I have to create an XP image for taxes 
this year.

On Wednesday 27 January 2010 10:30:41 pm Robert Citek wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Stan Green <Stan at mcomputersolutions.com> 
wrote:
> > I've tried most of the ones marked as "personal". This is one area I
> > think Linux is very weak! Not one of these programs even comes close to
> > the power of Quicken. For example, when I was looked for a Quicken
> > replacement, not one of them could print checks on blank stock. There is
> > no way I am going back to hand writting checks! (Yes, I still pay most of
> > my bill by check.)
>
> Can I assume that means you don't run any of the Open Source packages
> and instead are using Quicken?  If so, how are you running Quicken,
> e.g on a non-Linux machine, within Wine[1], something else?
>
> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=107
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
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