Going back to windoze

rdonnelly · Post by **rdonnelly** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:53 pm

After a year and a half of using Linux Mint, I have decided as a business I should just use windows. There is no good business accounting package for Linux, and there is no windoze alternative that works in Wine. I ended up using Sun Virtual box, but what is the point in that? You still end up with native windoze with all it vulnerabilities, spies, viruses and Trojans, etc. Then you end up jumping between the VM and Linux, and it just is not worth the hassle any more. I have donated $100s to Wine, and other Linux products. I am going to miss Linux, but there is nothing to make me want to stay, or be bothered with dual booting. Thanks for all your efforts.

Bob

oiaohm · Post by **oiaohm** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:22 pm

rdonnelly. Lack of work on lots of open source accountancy programs have caused the problems you are talking about.

There are a few commercial accountancy packages for linux.

I know quite a few companines when I have put the cross platform commercial accountancy packages on table they find no problems with them when they are on windows or linux.

Ie going to Linux might not suit you now. Big important but. You don't really want to have to pay for accountancy software forever. So even after returning to windows stay in the open source accountancy developments.

rdonnelly · Post by **rdonnelly** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:47 am

Never mind, I reconsidered, allowing windoze to run my PC would be a joke, and not to mention all the overhead with spy scans, antivirus, etc. I will have to make a sacrifice either way, so I think I will stay with Linux, and just deal with Vbox, as I doubt I will ever be able to run a full featured windoze accounting app through wine. Keep in mind, that the companies that write these apps include lots of features to keep state, local, and federal taxes in an easy to use format. Not something you would get in a Linux app that was made for international use. Then again, with the future of Cloud computing, windoze may become even less of a necessary evil in the near future.

Sven · Post by **Sven** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:01 am

Awesome

Did you already file/improve bug reports for the problems that keep you from running the software you need in Wine? Because that's usually a good step forward, which sometimes results in the problem being solved within a week (only in case it's really simple of course).

oiaohm · Post by **oiaohm** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:45 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... g_software

" the companies that write these apps include lots of features to keep state, local, and federal taxes in an easy to use format." And some of those companies release Linux versions closed source.

Of course it depends what country you are in rdonnelly. Windows accountany packages are not always the only option.

rdonnelly · Post by **rdonnelly** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:22 am

Sven wrote:Awesome

Did you already file/improve bug reports for the problems that keep you from running the software you need in Wine? Because that's usually a good step forward, which sometimes results in the problem being solved within a week (only in case it's really simple of course).

I doubt it will be fixed in a week or a year. This one is old like me

I dont want to learn a new accounting app when I already learned the best one IMHO.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6316

With MYOB, I really do not need to spend money on upgrades, if I want, I can get a later copy pretty cheap on Ebay. If I was using open source, I would compensate the developer any ways.

I am located in the USA, NY. I want payroll, and inventory, the rest is usually included in all accounting. I have looked at the wiki page, and most of them are double entry, and I don't want to be bothered with that.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:46 pm

rdonnelly wrote:

Sven wrote:

Awesome

Did you already file/improve bug reports for the problems that keep you from running the software you need in Wine? Because that's usually a good step forward, which sometimes results in the problem being solved within a week (only in case it's really simple of course).

I doubt it will be fixed in a week or a year. This one is old like me I dont want to learn a new accounting app when I already learned the best one IMHO.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6316

With MYOB, I really do not need to spend money on upgrades, if I want, I can get a later copy pretty cheap on Ebay. If I was using open source, I would compensate the developer any ways.

I am located in the USA, NY. I want payroll, and inventory, the rest is usually included in all accounting. I have looked at the wiki page, and most of them are double entry, and I don't want to be bothered with that.

Mr. Donnelly:

If you are running a small business and are audited by NYS Department of
Taxation, they may REQUIRE you to use double ledger bookkeeping. At
least they did years ago and my father keeps a set of books that are of
that type (he has been audited and it was a real mess.)

Also, I don't think that MYOB is of a high enough quality to keep around.

James McKenzie