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sirrler_prog
9y ago
Accounting desktop apps? Or desktop apps as a whole? If you are thinking accounting desktop apps, could you list which ones you have in mind?
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sirrler_prog
9y ago
You can check it out here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pygtk-posting/files/pygtk_p... The documentation is sparse at best, but you can always email me.
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sirrler_prog
9y ago
Nice find. Their goals are quite different from mine though. I want the ease of SQL + server even if it does make a bit more maintenance work.
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sirrler_prog
9y ago
Which OS? Which country? I live in New York, USA. Operating system is Linux Mint. These two factors are pretty important when you get into programming accounting systems.
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sirrler_prog
9y ago
For a bit of insight, Python is the 'glue' that delivers information between Gtk (the frontend) and PostgreSQL (the backend). Python also creates the Libreoffice documents using the py3o libary. Python is an important part, but no
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sirrler_prog
9y ago
Uhm... this post is to see if there are any other people looking to collaborate on a Linux accounting system using Python. Gnucash is C, and they clearly state they will not switch. Thanks anyway.
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sirrler_prog
9y ago
Thanks for the link to LWN. I had not known of that page. As far as cross-platform goes, I don't really care. This is for Linux, as Mac and Windows already have plenty of accounting choices anyway.
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Small / medium business Linux accounting
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sirrler_prog
9y ago
I chose desktop because: I live in the country (limited bandwidth) I control the source (nobody tells me I violate their 'who knows what') My information is secure (my desktop app is hosted on non-internet accessible computers) I