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small businesses can be managed via rTollLane (the best, free, open-source project) but quite 'heavy': ~ 3GB data + ~2,5GB sources (but dont have to download them if you dont like)
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Since last year I am using FrontAccounting for my small business. It is a LAMP application. I am very happy with it. Two of my requirements were multi-currency and inventory. It does both.
The only thing it does not do well is invoicing of goods which are not delivered yet, and processing of invoice for goods not received yet.
Stay away from OpenERP (extremely buggy and inconsistent) and Xtuple (no community support and an overcomplicated program for small business)
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Originally Posted by sundialsvcs
Go find the best application with which to run your Business. (Who gives a <!!> whether it's open source? You've got a business to run here!)
I agree that the first requirement is usability and Open Source only the second or third requirement. However, most accounting packages which do run on Linux are Open Source. So if your requirement is that it should run on Linux, FOSS comes most often for free.
If you have to install a VM to run your accounting software on it is an additional layer of complexity. When the application is not client/server you find yourself often in a position that you are not behind the machine where the VM is installed on. Et cetera.
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