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impermanen_@zirk.us

impermanen_ 🕊️

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MS Windows is so unusable now that my wife agrees it's time to come over to . The problem we need to figure out is the bookkeeping software for our [currently very] small business. She is used to but not totally stuck on , which doesn't run nicely on Linux. Also we'd rather not support Intuit and are resistant to a hosted cloud service.

Can anyone share experience with or similar for self-hosted small business accounting on Linux (Ubuntu/Pop_OS)? Boosts appreciated.

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stefan_hessbrueggen@fedihum.org

@frueheneuzeit

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@impermanen_ the person to ask is @corbet - he's been following the scene for close to 20 years. This article dates from 2007: https://lwn.net/Articles/233627/ 10 years later: https://lwn.net/Articles/729088/ I wonder what the status is now.

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impermanen_@zirk.us

impermanen_ 🕊️

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@stefan_hessbrueggen

Thanks. Yeah, it looks like he landed on GnuCash for LWN a couple years ago:

https://zirk.us/@impermanen_/114207481354980420

Any recent experience to add, @corbet ?

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corbet

Jonathan Corbet

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@impermanen_ @stefan_hessbrueggen The experience I can add is that we are using GnuCash exclusively for our business accounting. All is not perfect, but it is far better than its proprietary predecessor, and hasn't been a problem with the accountant at all.
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penguin42@mastodon.org.uk

penguin42

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@impermanen_ I use gnucash for home accounting - but I suspect reviewing for small business use is very different.

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