[Novalug] Business Software

Mark A. Metz mametz@aol.com
Fri Feb 24 13:49:06 EST 2012


Thanks so much for the excellent recommendations from everyone on 
business software.  I have a lot to research and review now.

Mark


On 02/24/2012 12:05 PM, Daniel Green wrote:
> I have not found any predictive (suggestion based) accounting software 
> for Linux.   It's best to use a web based application where you can 
> access it with any major web browser.  Give it about another 6 months 
> and I'm sure some developer will release one on the web.  Google apps 
> is another good place to look.
>
> We use a suite of different tools.  Gnucash, vertex42, vtigerCRM, 
> simpleinvoices, quickbooks, POS, etc...  But we are leaning towards 
> SaaS platforms.
>
> We are starting to see that some POS systems tend to be better at 
> processing sales, taxes, reporting, cash flow, etc...
>
> Resources:
> We use these!
> www.vertex42.com/ <http://www.vertex42.com/>; vertex42 great and 
> simple resources
> simpleinvoices.com <http://simpleinvoices.com> ; invoice and reporting 
> software
> www.vtiger.com/ <http://www.vtiger.com/> ; crm, invoicing, etc...
> quickbooks.intuit.com <http://quickbooks.intuit.com>
>
> We have not tried these yet!
> http://www.zoho.com/creator/;
> http://waveaccounting.com/ ;
> http://pulseapp.com/ ;cashflow management
>
>
> ----Daniel
>
> http://www.techais.com <http://www.techais.com/>
>
>       3. Business Software (Mark A. Metz)
>
>     Message: 3
>     Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:17:05 -0500
>     From: "Mark A. Metz" <mametz@aol.com <mailto:mametz@aol.com>>
>     Subject: [Novalug] Business Software
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>     Hey freelancer and contractor types.  Tax season is motivating a
>     question.
>
>     Can anyone recommend some business software that runs under Linux
>     natively (i.e., not under WINE)?  Incoming and outgoing cash flow
>     for a
>     service business and tax help (i.e., recommendations or business
>     deductions; not actually doing federal, state, or local taxes) are
>     most
>     important.  The ability to generate invoices is not a major need, and
>     the need to track inventory is completely unnecessary.
>
>     I can web search myself so I'm looking for firsthand experience.
>
>     I will consider, "Get an accountant," a legitimate response. ; )
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Mark
>
> -- 
>

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