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Running a small business on desktop Linux (DesktopLinux)

DesktopLinux has an article by guest author Howard Fosdick. "This paper surveys Linux's suitability for use by owners of very small businesses and the self-employed. It was written by Howard Fosdick, a self-employed database consultant who finds Linux fairly well-suited to his needs, and reckons it has saved him thousands of dollars in recent years."
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Financial applications?

Posted May 12, 2008 0:03 UTC (Mon) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link]

He does skip over the choice of a good small business accounting package, though. Any progress on the search for something to handle LWN's finances?

Financial applications?

Posted May 13, 2008 11:28 UTC (Tue) by whitemice (guest, #3748) [Link]

It is still a problem.  But have you looked at the Quasar accounting package?  The single
computer edition is free; and maybe a major website could get a discount if they needed a
higher end version.

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