Comments on: Pondering Linux http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/ A Technology Crow in search of Bright Shiny Objects Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:13:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: QuickBooks to GnuCash » Solo Technology http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1110 QuickBooks to GnuCash » Solo Technology Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:43:25 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1110 [...] In a comment on yesterday’s post, Vox assures me that I can get my QuickBooks data to GnuCash. It seemed that I was at the put-up or shut-up spot, so I took the easy way out and installed GnuCash on my little Xubuntu laptop to have a look. I learned a few things. [...] [...] In a comment on yesterday’s post, Vox assures me that I can get my QuickBooks data to GnuCash. It seemed that I was at the put-up or shut-up spot, so I took the easy way out and installed GnuCash on my little Xubuntu laptop to have a look. I learned a few things. [...]

]]> By: Vox http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1109 Vox Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:56:12 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1109 Rich: You can do rdesktop from linux to windows or the other way around with no problem. Whatever reasons your sysadmin gave you are bullshit, if related to rdesktop itself...if it's something else, I'd need to know what to tell you if it's true or not. Chris: You can move your data from QB to GnuCash...I don't know how (never used QB), but there's a common format in there somewhere that works perfectly with both programs. As for syncing PPC...it works well, unless your PC is amd64...synce is very very broken in 64bit, and it doesn't work :( But on 32bit linux, no problems at all, as far as I remember. Rich: You can do rdesktop from linux to windows or the other way around with no problem. Whatever reasons your sysadmin gave you are bullshit, if related to rdesktop itself…if it’s something else, I’d need to know what to tell you if it’s true or not.

Chris: You can move your data from QB to GnuCash…I don’t know how (never used QB), but there’s a common format in there somewhere that works perfectly with both programs. As for syncing PPC…it works well, unless your PC is amd64…synce is very very broken in 64bit, and it doesn’t work :( But on 32bit linux, no problems at all, as far as I remember.

]]> By: Chris http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1107 Chris Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:39:33 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1107 Ya know... I hadn't really thought about the PocketPC syncing thing. Hmm... Ya know… I hadn’t really thought about the PocketPC syncing thing. Hmm…

]]> By: Chris http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1103 Chris Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:52:43 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1103 Palm sync worked for me a few years ago (in a fit of madness. I've since gone back to Pocket PC's and I suspect I'll be hosed with *nix). I'd be very curious to hear about why you shouldn't use linux to remote desktop into your corp network. I won't (shouldn't!) attempt to dissuade you, but I bet he fed you F.U.D. and I'm just simply curious to hear what the latest approach is. Palm sync worked for me a few years ago (in a fit of madness. I’ve since gone back to Pocket PC’s and I suspect I’ll be hosed with *nix).

I’d be very curious to hear about why you shouldn’t use linux to remote desktop into your corp network. I won’t (shouldn’t!) attempt to dissuade you, but I bet he fed you F.U.D. and I’m just simply curious to hear what the latest approach is.

]]> By: Rich G. http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1102 Rich G. Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:42:45 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1102 Ugh, now there's palm considerations I need to look into as well. I was threatened with lots of pain and suffering if I attempted to use linux to access our network by the SA. He gave reasons that sound like sound reasons so I'm agreeing with them. Ugh, now there’s palm considerations I need to look into as well. I was threatened with lots of pain and suffering if I attempted to use linux to access our network by the SA. He gave reasons that sound like sound reasons so I’m agreeing with them.

]]> By: Chris http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1101 Chris Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:41:14 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1101 Not sure I follow the remote desktop thing. Primary use of my little laptop is remote desktop to windows machines at the office. It works flawlessly (that's rdesktop. tsclient puts the pretty gui front-end on it). And isn't ego our usual motivation? :) Not sure I follow the remote desktop thing. Primary use of my little laptop is remote desktop to windows machines at the office. It works flawlessly (that’s rdesktop. tsclient puts the pretty gui front-end on it).

And isn’t ego our usual motivation? :)

]]> By: Rich G. http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1099 Rich G. Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:25:08 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/08/pondering-linux/#comment-1099 Company payroll for my employees is done with Remote Desktop and I can't do that properly under linux so I'd be using linux for the ego of using it I guess... I dunno that I'm up for a linux switch yet, even a practice run if I know going in that I won't be able to do something trivial like pay people if I were to switch. *sigh* I've wanted to be a linux user for ages now... but I'm starting to believe it's just not in the cards. Company payroll for my employees is done with Remote Desktop and I can’t do that properly under linux so I’d be using linux for the ego of using it I guess… I dunno that I’m up for a linux switch yet, even a practice run if I know going in that I won’t be able to do something trivial like pay people if I were to switch. *sigh*
I’ve wanted to be a linux user for ages now… but I’m starting to believe it’s just not in the cards.

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