I run W4L only for ONE program.... Quicken. That's it. There is an adaquate
Linux substitute for everything I would use Windows for.

What do the rest of you folks (who have businesses) use for check writing?
Kapitol does not have a build for Slack, and no source since it is
propritary. GNUCash will only print one check at a time (TTBOMK)... not a
batch of them.... and is overkill for my operation... and is a PITA to use.
Quicken is the perfect fit for my biz... has been for 10 years. CBtracker
is good but still buggy and with a difficult interface. MoneyDance will not
print in Slack. They have acknowledged the problem but don't expect to fix
it anytime soon. Has something to do with Java... I forget what.

Any other ideas?

Al

It's worth $60 to get and install CodeWeavers CrossOver Office -- it
works, it works right, and it'll run Quicken and QuickBooks without any
problems whatsoever, in my experience with it: http://www.codeweavers.com.

It works fine with the bank (updating my account, doing payments, all
that stuff), it works fine with Schwab, it works fine with import QIF
from the credit card company. You do need to install internet exploder
(Quicken needs it, sigh), and, if you've got Office, you can install
that, too. Then bye-bye microjunk!

And, yes, GNUCash is a pain and, yes, MoneyDance is too...

Adams-Blake Company wrote:
> I run W4L only for ONE program.... Quicken. That's it. There is an adaquate
> Linux substitute for everything I would use Windows for.
>
> What do the rest of you folks (who have businesses) use for check writing?
> Kapitol does not have a build for Slack, and no source since it is
> propritary. GNUCash will only print one check at a time (TTBOMK)... not a
> batch of them.... and is overkill for my operation... and is a PITA to use.
> Quicken is the perfect fit for my biz... has been for 10 years. CBtracker
> is good but still buggy and with a difficult interface. MoneyDance will not
> print in Slack. They have acknowledged the problem but don't expect to fix
> it anytime soon. Has something to do with Java... I forget what.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Al
>

Thomas Ronayne wrote:

> It's worth $60 to get and install CodeWeavers CrossOver Office -- it
> works, it works right, and it'll run Quicken and QuickBooks without any
> problems whatsoever, in my experience with it: http://www.codeweavers.com.
>

I like W4L... but it is a major PITA to install for Slack... and seems
overkill for just running Quicken. Maybe I should give the Codeweavers
thing a try. I know it is based on Wine an I spent an incredible amount of
wasted time trying to get Wine and Quicken to work on Mandrake 8.2. Maybe
the CW folks have some magic for their version of Wine that will work for
me.

Thanks,

Al

On 2003-12-18, Adams-Blake Company <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com>
wrote:

> I run W4L only for ONE program.... Quicken. That's it. There is an adaquate
> Linux substitute for everything I would use Windows for.

> Any other ideas?

Al,

I use Linux Business System's Linux General Ledger and I've written my own
modules to enhance it. It's all linux and I like the application (although
it does not have the prettiest interface -- it uses ncurses -- but it works
and is solid.

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
<http://www.appl-ecosys.com>

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:06:30 -0800, Adams-Blake Company wrote:

> Thomas Ronayne wrote:
>
>> It's worth $60 to get and install CodeWeavers CrossOver Office -- it
>> works, it works right, and it'll run Quicken and QuickBooks without any
>> problems whatsoever, in my experience with it: http://www.codeweavers.com.
>>
>
> I like W4L... but it is a major PITA to install for Slack... and seems
> overkill for just running Quicken. Maybe I should give the Codeweavers
> thing a try. I know it is based on Wine an I spent an incredible amount of
> wasted time trying to get Wine and Quicken to work on Mandrake 8.2. Maybe
> the CW folks have some magic for their version of Wine that will work for
> me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Al
I have been using Crossover Office for 2 years now. If you use it you
will be able to install Internet Explorer. I bought just to use Quicken
and I have not looked back.

Oh Boy wrote:


>> Al
> I have been using Crossover Office for 2 years now. If you use it you
> will be able to install Internet Explorer. I bought just to use Quicken
> and I have not looked back.

Hmmm. Why would I have to install IE in order to run Quicken???

Al

Rich Shepard wrote:

> On 2003-12-18, Adams-Blake Company <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I run W4L only for ONE program.... Quicken. That's it. There is an
>> adaquate Linux substitute for everything I would use Windows for.
>
>> Any other ideas?
>
> Al,
>
> I use Linux Business System's Linux General Ledger and I've written my
> own
> modules to enhance it. It's all linux and I like the application (although
> it does not have the prettiest interface -- it uses ncurses -- but it
> works and is solid.
>
> Rich
>

Ncurses? Fine for others, but I make it point to try my best not to go
backwards in technology. For those who like text-based and CLI interfaces,
fine. I paid those dues in the 60s and 70s (I'm older than God!) and I much
prefer a good solid GUI when it comes to every-day tasks. KDE is fine,
Quicken is great. I'm productive in O.O., and Kword. Using Joe or vi on my
remote server is OK, but I would not want either to be my job
description!!! My editor of choice is Nedit... only because I have not
found anything more modern that has as many features for coding as Nedit
has. Somewhere there is a "Visual Studio" for Linux, but I don't know where
or what. Maybe NetBeans?

Al

Adams-Blake Company wrote:
> Oh Boy wrote:
>
>
>
>>>Al
>>
>>I have been using Crossover Office for 2 years now. If you use it you
>>will be able to install Internet Explorer. I bought just to use Quicken
>>and I have not looked back.
>
>
> Hmmm. Why would I have to install IE in order to run Quicken???
>
> Al
>
relies on some libraries installed with explorer, at a guess?

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On 2003-12-19, Adams-Blake Company <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com> wrote:
>
> Ncurses? Fine for others, but I make it point to try my best not to go
> backwards in technology.

You better switch distros, then, since Slackware's installer is
ncurses-based.

> For those who like text-based and CLI interfaces,
> fine. I paid those dues in the 60s and 70s (I'm older than God!)

I think $DEITY just accesses RAM directly. But using an ncurses-based app
is not necessarily ''paying dues''--it can be faster than trying to load
X (and, if that's your taste, GNOME/KDE) on a slower machine. And it's
ultimately flexible--if you want to check your mail from any random
machine using your favourite mail app, what can you do? ssh in to your
own box and use a mail app there. Do you want to tunnel an X11 session
for, say, KMail over a slow link? Or do you want to try to provide all
of your app preferences on every machine on which you're likely to log
in? Neither scenario is workable for me, when I log in to three
separate machines at home and possibly 10 or so from work. I imagine a
consultant might have many more clients and much more variability in
desktop environments.

IOW, the best tool for the job, even if it is ''backwards''.

> Using Joe or vi on my
> remote server is OK, but I would not want either to be my job
> description!!!

Job title: vi

Yeah, that's a crappy job title, fersure.

> Somewhere there is a "Visual Studio" for Linux, but I don't know where
> or what. Maybe NetBeans?

NetBeans is primarily a Java IDE, and it's got a huge footprint. (I
guess the latter makes it a Visual Studio for linux clone.)

- --keith

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> Adams-Blake Company <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com> wrote:

> > Ncurses? Fine for others, but I make it point to try my best
> > not to go backwards in technology.

> You better switch distros, then, since Slackware's installer is
> ncurses-based.

No reason to switch distros because the installer is not used
everyday.

> > For those who like text-based and CLI interfaces, fine. I paid
> > those dues in the 60s and 70s (I'm older than God!)

> I think $DEITY just accesses RAM directly. But using an
> ncurses-based app is not necessarily ''paying dues''--it can be
> faster than trying to load X (and, if that's your taste,
> GNOME/KDE) on a slower machine.

Using a slower machine? He didn't say anything about using a
slower machine.

> And it's ultimately flexible--if you want to check your mail from
> any random machine using your favourite mail app, what can you
> do? ssh in to your own box and use a mail app there. Do you
> want to tunnel an X11 session for, say, KMail over a slow link?

Who wants to use a text-based email program? That's ridiculous.
Why is it that you feel that you have to defend every aspect of
linux/slackware?

> Or do you want to try to provide all of your app preferences on
> every machine on which you're likely to log in? Neither scenario
> is workable for me, when I log in to three separate machines at
> home and possibly 10 or so from work. I imagine a consultant
> might have many more clients and much more variability in desktop
> environments.

All of those machines are capable of forwarding email to one
central server.

> IOW, the best tool for the job, even if it is ''backwards''.

No. Text-based tools are usually the best tools for the job only
if they are the only tools for the job.

BTW: do you think you could show a bit of respect for the other
posters in this group by refraining from using pgp when it is not
warranted?

cordially, even to trolls,

rm