There's not a whole lot in the linux world which equates to quickbooks or sage, unfortunately. It's a massive hole.
OpenERP is a solid but massive bit of software which is likely to be overkill. I've had complaints from clients that it's really user-unfriendly (and these were accountants, mindyou) I know of some people who have had good luck with Turbocash (though the developers are a bit odd, and I think the UK chart of accounts is fairly limited...). There's also Postbooks, which apparently *looks* the easiest and cleanest to me, but I've as yet not had a chance to try it out properly. There's a wikipedia page on "comparison of accounting systems" which may help you out. I would personally be interested to hear what your mate's reaction to the software is, once he has one. -g On 22/10/10 13:49, Will Bickerstaff wrote: >> For single user, very small businesses try GnuCash: http://www.gnucash.org/ >> >> For larger organisations I'd go with something like OpenERP: >> http://www.openerp.com/ >> >> Al > Thanks Alan, I'll have a look at these two and find out which Sage > he's using, I'll probably give him both and let him decide which best > suits his requirements. I don't think scalability is a high priority > so am hoping to find something that he will be most comfortable with > when making the transition. > > Something that behaves similarly would be ideal, think transition from > MSO to OOO, not AutoCAD - QCAD (Which I've found nearly impossible) > though I've just found > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/free-autocad-clone-draftsight-coming-to-linux/ > which looks interesting. > > Like I say, I'm not an accounting type, so will give him a few to try > so as he can make up his own mind. I don't want to give him too much > choice and up confusing the guy or give him something that is so > alien, that he simply doesn't bother trying to learn it. > > A quick search has given me some hint that it may be possible to get > his sage stuff in to either of these apps so thanks again. > -- Glen Mehn glen.m...@oba.co.uk skype: glenmehn | blog: http://glen.mehn.net/mba UK: +44(0)7942 675 755 | US: +1 415 704 4737 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
