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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 01 2013 @ 07:31 AM EST |
There is some decent accounting software for Linux.
However, you have know how to wite software, and be a CPA, in order to use it
effectively.
OTOH, it is no more complicated to set up and maintain, than using traditional
double entry ledgers, etc.
On the gripping hand, none of the single entry accounting systems on Linux
are useful for anything more than feeling good whilst the accountant steals all
your income.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 02 2013 @ 03:04 AM EST |
fyi.
We have used Oracle Financials on Linux for years. If by
"accounting system" you restrict yourself to Quickbooks,
then, yes; you'd have to run that in a VM.
Depending on the type of activity, there are areas where
Linux drivers are available and Windows' aren't. YMMV.
And regarding user auth., we currently auth. against ...
Active Directory and use AD's LDAP capabilities. Samba4 has
now been released, so you can even do that on a 100% Linux
network.
But we use AD and its defensible-but-odd LDAP schema only
because there is a population of Windows users who need it;
there are several LDAP / Kerberos solutions otherwise that
are not only Linux based but 100% open standards.
If LDAP is too complexymodern, NIS+ is also available. And
other solutions based on relational databases too: PAM is
very very flexible.
Actually, as for many Linux-groupware functionality, you
were much more right two years ago than now. Distros have
begun to sense the import of these capabilities; and
installation/configuration have become correspondingly
easier. So try again, there should be something to fit the
training budget!
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