Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-27 Thread Andy Watts
Hi Guys many thanks for the suggestions, they have all been passed on to She who must be obeyed :) Andy - Salisbury Andy Watts wrote: Hi People l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-26 Thread Joshua Scotton
Have you looked at LedgerSMB[1] at all? I have to admit that the whole business of accounting is something of a black art to me, so I wouldn't know a good accounting package if it slapped me in the face with a purchase ledger, but many years ago I started a project to create just such a

[ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread Andy Watts
Hi People l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. __ Andy - Salisbury The wrong side of 40 but having fun with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread David
GNU Cash might be what you're looking for: http://www.gnucash.org/ I haven't personally used it so I can't comment on it, sorry. David. On 25/02/2008, Andy Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi People l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread David
Oh, I also meant to say GNU Cash is available in the Ubuntu repositories, along with another money program called Grisbi. You can find them both in Add/Remove. David. On 25/02/2008, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GNU Cash might be what you're looking for: http://www.gnucash.org/ I haven't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread Joshua Scotton
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 14:09 +, David wrote: GNU Cash might be what you're looking for: http://www.gnucash.org/ I haven't personally used it so I can't comment on it, sorry. David. On 25/02/2008, Andy Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi People l'm interested

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread norman
l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. I asked this question when I first started Ubuntu what now seems years ago. So

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread daniel . lamb
Norman you mean turbocash, which has now got a much nicer looking port called osfinancials, however neither run on linux(not even in wine) although they are opensource, I have spent many hours searching for an alternative to sage and have never found anything suitable, the best I have found is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread norman
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 18:59 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norman you mean turbocash, which has now got a much nicer looking port called osfinancials, however neither run on linux(not even in wine) although they are opensource, I have spent many hours searching for an alternative to sage and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread Andrew Barber
Does sage maybe work with wine? --- Andrew A. Barber On 25 Feb 2008, at 16:31, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 14:09 +, David wrote: GNU Cash might be what you're looking for: http://www.gnucash.org/ I haven't personally used it so I can't comment on it,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread Joshua Scotton
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:23 +, Andrew Barber wrote: Does sage maybe work with wine? Probably, but do you really want to trust your financial data to what would be an emulated (hence buggy, as most wine emulated programs do not work perfectly) and completely unsupported and non-guaranteed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread James Tait
Hi Joshua, Joshua Scotton wrote: I'm sorry to say that GNUCash is nowhere near an alternative to Sage. It is a very good program and can be used for personal or sole trader accounts, but it hasn't been any good for my needs when preparing UK Limited Company Accounts. As I haven't found

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread Tom Bamford
On 25/02/2008, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:23 +, Andrew Barber wrote: Does sage maybe work with wine? Probably, but do you really want to trust your financial data to what would be an emulated (hence buggy, as most wine emulated programs do not