[OT] emails from Peter Williams

2010-02-19 Thread Dave Hall
Hi all, I am not sure how many of you have received emails from Peter Williams (aka pew) in the last couple of days, but I have received 2, 1 via facebook and the other from Picasa. I really don't appreciate list users using my email address for mass invites for online services. Not only do I th

Applications software

2010-02-19 Thread Hamish
I am recommending that a client move his business onto a linux (ubuntu) platform. I need to find business applications that run on Linux. Can someone suggest where I can find suppliers of such apps as: G/L, Inv, POS, Drs, Crs etc Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Hamish -- ubun

Re: [OT] emails from Peter Williams

2010-02-19 Thread Melissa Draper
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 21:45 +1100, Dave Hall wrote: > Hi all, > > I am not sure how many of you have received emails from I'd strongly recommend avoiding emails such as this in the future. Please contact mailing list admins instead. In this case, the admin is me. Dave, please contact me off-lis

Re: (Business) Applications software

2010-02-19 Thread Brett
> I need to find business applications that run on Linux. > Can someone suggest where I can find suppliers of such apps > as: > G/L, Inv, POS, Drs, Crs etc > I am an accountant and have looked in vain for a decent accounting program that runs on linux (I have downloaded and checked about 20 of th

Re: (Business) Applications software

2010-02-19 Thread Norm
Concur, Gnucash is at best a double entry version of MSMoney, and not as intuitive Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City Brett wrote: >> I need to find business applications that run on Linux. >> Can someone suggest where I can find suppliers of such apps >> as: >> G/L, Inv, PO

Re: (Business) Applications software

2010-02-19 Thread Paul Schulz
Hi Brett, Norm, (and Hamish if you're on this list), and everyone else. Brett..thank you for your follow up email. There is also a good list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_accounting_software I would list to follow-up on a couple of things. I have used GNUCash in the past, an

Installing X-CD-Roast

2010-02-19 Thread David Bowskill
Hello all. I have downloaded and installed X-CD-Roast from the Ubuntu software Center. On clicking the icon, I get the following message in a small window: "No root configuration file found or not readable! The Superuser must start and configure X-CD-Roast first before other users can use it"