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Article #340Re: Linux Accounting Packages
From: Gregory Toomey
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:24
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:24
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Harry Phillips wrote: > Gregory Toomey wrote: >>> >>>I have been using quicken but I haven't tried to get it running under >>>linux. Its the only reason I use XP. >>> >>>I've just had a look at win4lin at www.netraverse.com and it could be the >>>say to go. >>> >>>gtoomey >> >> >> Just one question - does printing to a CUPS printer work? >> >> gtoomey > > Two things I would advise you to do, e-mail them asking for a trial > licence, I couldn't find anything about a trial but they replied the > next day with a 30 day trial, I was very happy for a month. > > The other thing is to setup Samba on your Linux box, when win4lin is > running the Win98 can connect to the Samba box and use it's printers. > > I have a sample Samba config file (smb.conf) at > http://www.tux.com.au/linux/ > > It is configured for Domain login's but it is trivial to convert that to > a peer-to-peer setup. To create the Samba users I always do it with > Webmin. Configure Webmin to keep the Samba and Unix users in sync and > then create new accounts. If you already have Unix user Webmin will also > convert them for you. > Thanks thats all good advice - I'll try it out. gtoomey
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