Linux Based Point of Sale?

[H. K. Bemis]

FWIW nearly ALL scanners I have seen operate with a keyboard port
"wedge" or with as a USB device that emulates a keyboard.

I don't believe compatibility with software should be an issue...

~k

On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 07:10 -0500, Brian Chabot wrote:
> Would anyone here have any recommendations on a Linux based Point of
> Sale system for a small retail store?
> 
> I've seen plenty of decent small business accounting software, but not
> much in terms of usable POS...
> 
> so far I'm looking at:
> 
> Quasar: http://www.linuxcanada.com/index.shtml
> (Not free.)
> 
> L’âne: http://l-ane.net/
> (Old.  May not be maintained much.)
> 
> SQL-Ledger: http://www.sql-ledger.org
> (OK, but the interface for POS could be much better)
> 
> Tux Shop: http://www.shcircuit.com/~ross/
> (not free)
> 
> Lemon POS: http://lemonpos.sourceforge.net/
> (Beta...)
> 
> Anyone have any experience in these or others?  Anything I should steer
> away from?
> 
> Ideally, the POS I end up using would include support for a barcode
> scanner, receipt printer, cash drawer, and post display, but I'll settle
> for the first two.  Also ideally, there would be a decent report
> function, customer tracking, and basic inventory control.  Integrated
> credit card processing would be the icing on the cake.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
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