On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 12:25:58PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 04 feb 12, 18:26:25, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > [big snip] > > Hi Nick, > > Some issues to be aware of (in no particular order) that I encountered > while trying to help my brother with his business: > > FLOSS is not cost free. You may not need to pay for the licenses, but do > you have the spare time to invest in doing your own IT? You can also > encounter: > - lack of support from various providers (ISP, cash register hardware, > etc.)
There are numerous FOSS POS (point of sale) programs. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=linux+point+of+sale Sadly, I can't find any in Debian repos, but I might not be searching well. (aptitude search "point of sale" shows nothing. Here are some possibly relevant links: http://viewtouch.com/ http://lemonpos.sourceforge.net/ http://www.cubit.co.za/point-of-sale/ http://www.tuxsoft.co.za/ > - lack of software packaged for Debian. I am not familiar with US > accounting, but as far as I know the only software that might be > useful for you (besides Open/Libreoffice) is OpenERP. Accounting? aptitude install gnucash > - every time you need to go outside Debian repositories your maintenance > becomes (much) more complicated true tony -- http://www.tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120205171316.gb5...@deathstar.hsd1.ct.comcast.net
