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Quite interesting. Newbie question: In the corporate world, where for instance people need to run QuickBooks, what would be the solution? Is there a way to wra
by SMAAART 5y ago
Quite interesting.
Newbie question: In the corporate world, where for instance people need to run QuickBooks, what would be the solution? Is there a way to wrap QuickBook in a container/emulator?
- chrisseaton 5y agoYou can run anything in a VM. With something like QuickBooks it's not like performance will be a problem either. The great thing about a VM is that someone else can set it up for you and then you can reset to a good configuration easily if they break it. (Why aren't non-VM systems like that with checkpointing?)
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago> Why aren't non-VM systems like that with checkpointing? Microsoft tried it with System Restore. Of course because it's Microsoft they somehow made using it worse than not using it.
- imgabe 5y agoYou keep your books in a plain text file and use ledger-cli
- mikro2nd 5y agoRun some other accounting package?
- 0des 5y agoGNUCash is a great alternative to QuickBooks. However, you do say "in the corporate world", which in my experience wouldn't be using QuickBooks. Be that as it may, GNUCash is every bit as capable as QuickBooks, I'd highly recommend it.