I want to run a Banking application on Linux. Is it really possible?
I want to know what a Banking solution basically contains so that i can download some examples and try.
Any suggestions will be helpful.
Thank you.

by banking software, do you mean personal finance ? like quickbooks ? a good spreadsheet may be all you need. Check out gnumeric or OpenOffice2. Also heard good stuff about gnucash, but never tried it myself.

I have read reviews that say Gnucash is actually better in some ways than Quicken.

Another option is Quicken running under wine (or the more user-friendly---and non-free---CrossOver Office)

Hey I am looking for a Banking solution i mean by that any Bank uses some payroll sought of a thing.. that one.
ok

I have NO idea what you are talking about---banking and payroll are different things. What exactly do you want to do?
Home accounts--tracking budget and expenses?
Business?
Payroll, including deductions?

Let me be more clear
Recently Canara Bank has changed all of its systems from Windows to Redhat
Over 10,000 systems have been changed. Thats a wonderful change.
I wanted to know what do Banks do with Redhat?
Does Anyone has any idea?
I may sound stupid, but i am curious.
Thanks in advance.

Maybe they use some type of proprietary software? I don't think banks use commercially available software if that is what you are asking about.

I know that Canara Bank uses a In House Bank Software Built by their own Software Development team. But what kind of software?
I mean is it an ERP/CRM or anything else

I think this has strayed away from the purpose of the forum....
As we close, let's think about how a bank might use ANY software:
Word processing
Spreadsheets
Accounting programs--custom or commercial/open source
Staff payroll and employee database
Servers for on-line banking services
Centralized database with all of your (our) account data (linked to the on-line banking)
e-mail
etc
etc
etc

hey ur correct. I wanted that kind of views

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Put it this way: they wouldn't use Microsoft Money, Intuit Quicken, Quickbooks, or even anything like Cougar Mountain - banks have very specific needs plus they have to be absolutely fanatical about security, so they'd want the source code so they can perform audits.

Citizens, Fleet/Bank of America, Citicorp, etc. all develop their software in-house. A few years ago they were almost all on OS/2 but in recent years most have shifted to Linux, or a heterogenious network of both Linux and Windows. It's all proprietary and nothing you can buy off the shelf. If you're starting a bank you may find software companies with prebuilt solutions suitable for very small banks with a very small number of locations, but again even then such solutions would have to be tailored to the particular bank's specific needs. Heck, I have yet to see even a CRM or defect tracking system ever get used as-is out of the box because every company has very individual needs.

yeah they have their in-built softwares.
I know that now.
Thank you all for your suggestions.