linux accounting software or cheap winxp

[VirginSnow at vfemail.net]

> From: Lloyd Kvam <python at venix.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:29:27 -0500

> I could not find any adequate business accounting packages for Linux.

IIRC, this has been discussed previously on this list.  Have you tried
searching the list archives?

I haven't.  And I don't remember if I've babbled about Gnucash, yet.
So, at the risk of repeating myself...

There's a GTK-based (gnome-based glade-based guile-based...)
accounting package called Gnucash (www.gnucash.org).  I used to use it
for my personal accounting and accounting homework while I took
accounting classes.  It had most of the features that an accountant
would look for... and then some.  You could specify funds in different
currencies, pull exchange rates in from Yahoo, etc.  However, it was
also missing some functionality that I needed.  So, I ended up
contributing some code to the project and was happy with it.

That is, except for the crashes.  For reasons only my CPU may ever
know, Gnucash decided to crash every ten or so transactions I entered
into it.  My workaround was to save early and often, but it eventually
got to be so annoying that I stopped using Gnucash all together.
Current versions may be more stable.  The one I was using wasn't.

The version of Gnucash I used had rudimentary support for business
functions like vendor/customer accounts, invoicing, etc.  But it
couldn't automate payroll or payroll taxes.  Those still had to be
done manually.  Again, the version which I was using must now be at
least three years old.