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kilgoretrout · 06-02-2004, 08:27 AM

I think getting your accounting program to work under linux will probably be the stopper. In order to run windows programs under linux, you need to use a windows emulator. Most linux distros come with a package called "wine" which is an open source implementation of the windows API. Unfortunately, wine is pretty much alpha software and I doubt you will be able to get Simply Accounting running with wine.
There are alternatives, but they are not free and in the end you would probably wind up spending about as much as you would for winxp.

06-02-2004, 08:27 AM	#4
kilgoretrout Member (11 bit) Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,524	I think getting your accounting program to work under linux will probably be the stopper. In order to run windows programs under linux, you need to use a windows emulator. Most linux distros come with a package called "wine" which is an open source implementation of the windows API. Unfortunately, wine is pretty much alpha software and I doubt you will be able to get Simply Accounting running with wine. There are alternatives, but they are not free and in the end you would probably wind up spending about as much as you would for winxp.