Stu I'm currently using LedgerSMB to run accounts for a small limited company, having previously used Sage Line 50. I've just completed the first full year and closed off the year-end successfully.
It has its weaknesses but it does the job. However, you do need to understand accounting fairly well to use it effectively and if you want to customise reports you've either got to dive into the source (in Perl) or run some other reporting tool against the database. Tony On 08/09/2010 07:51, Stuart Bird wrote: > Hi All > > Due to an impending redundancy issue I have decided to try and turn into > an opportunity to do something for myself. I have got to the point in my > planning where I need to decide upon the IT infrastructure that I going > to deploy. > > I would like to run all of the admin/business functions using Linux and > wondered if anyone on the list is able to offer advice on the best set-up? > > The intention is to have an internal domain which is completely > air-gapped from the outside world so I will need a PDC/BDC arrangement > to handle that. I will need to have a certain amount of Windows boxes > (unavoidable in my line of work) that can access the domain as well as > the admin/business function boxes that will all run Linux. I anticipate > needing to run some sort of CRM server from the domain controller as > well as the usual databases, file shares etc. I will outsource web and > email to a provider to eliminate the overhead of maintaining the up time. > > Given that I will be (hopefully) busy getting the business up and > running I do not envisage having a lot of time to dedicate to keeping > the network maintained, therefore I was considering going with one of > the enterprise distributions (Red Hat or SLED) for both server and > workstation needs as the support costs are not that horrendous. Is this > a good move or is it just throwing money away? Would I be better off > going with something free (as in beer) such as Ubuntu even though my > time overhead may be greater in the short term? > > Other questions are: > > Given that the domain will be air-gapped from the outside world, what is > the best update route to take to keep the servers, Linux and Windows > boxes patched and up to date (I will have a dirty net connected to the > internet . > > What business productivity tools can people recommend: > > Open Office - obvious choice > GnuCash - for accounts - is there anything better > CRM/ERP - I am thinking "openerp" or "vtiger" - does anyone have any > experience of these systems > > Are there other business tools available under Linux that any of you > have found useful? > > Any thoughts/guidance would be appreciated. > > Stu > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3119 - Release Date: 09/07/10 > 07:34:00 > -- Tony Cowderoy Managing Director MML 7-9 North Fen Road, Glinton, Peterborough, PE6 7JL, UK 0870 438 1201 i...@mml-net.com http://www.mml-net.com ****************************************************************** "MML" is a trading name of Kogent-MML Limited, a company registered in England No. 05651451 Registered Office: Turret House, The Avenue, Amersham, HP7 0AB VAT Registration Number 875 8769 44 ****************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
