Ubuntu Installation :: Business Software / Replacements For Windows?
May 31, 2011
all of those in business know that we will never be able to completely dispose of Windows - Linux just doesnt support business that well, as there arnt the number of users.However, does anybody know of any packages (free or commercial for Ubuntu) that will replace any of the following:email maketing similar to Group Mail (Windows)web stats program like Web Position (Windows)web button design tool like Xara Webstyle (Windows)Also, are there any shopping carts out there that work like Actinic? OK, I know there's oscommerce and Zen Cart, but they are a setup nightmare compared with Actinic for setting up ecommerce sites, albeit they are free (which is always good).
I am certainly a Linux Newbie..I have a business with a network of PCs that need not get client files corrupted by viruses & other bad things from the internet...YET I would like to let my employees(who are way worse newbies than me..om Windows even...& stand good chance to mess up computers) use internet at times if they wish. My first thought was just separate side by side PCs, one to get on for Clients/business network etc, & the other to get trashed by the internet.
What I am thinking is a better alternative (& I need to know from yall who I'm sure are way beyond this newbie whether this thinking is correct) is to put something like Puppy Linux 5.0 on small memory USB flash drives & let them each have one to use for internet, simple application functions etc. Can I safely believe that running internet browsing on the flash drive with Puppy Linux booted & running as the OS is NOT going to potentially infect my windows XP business PCs with viruses etc?
I've worked exclusively in Windows. I can handle that.I've worked exclusively in DOS (a long time ago!). I can handle that.I've worked exclusively in Unix.I can handle that.Right now, I am developing a command-line (python) application on a Windows machine, testing it in a DOS box (i.e. Windows' Command prompt), and then deploying it to Linux, and running it with PuTTY.
I cannot handle that. My productivity drops dramatically when CTRL-C cuts in one window (Windows) and kills the process in another (DOS, Linux).My productivity drops dramatically when Enter copies the selection in one window (DOS), and deletes the selection in another (Windows), and runs the current half-edited command in the third (PuTTY).My productivity drops dramatically when I cannot hit Undo, Home or End.The Solution I am Seeking
An SSH/Bash command-line client that runs on Windows and, to the extent possible, uses all the standard Windows shortcuts (Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Home, End, Insert, Shift-Arrows, etc.) work on a bash command line. Bonus points if it puts the cursor between letters, rather than on them.Plus, an equivalent DOS command-line drop-in that runs on Windows, and provides the same interface.need to be special buttons to actually transfer CTRL codes (like CTRL-C) through in the cases I need them.I suspect the SSH client will need to be specific to a shell (so it knows when it is at the command prompt, and when it is inside a running app.)I know there are many SSH clients, but I am looking for advice for a particular need.PuTTY feels like an escape route for Unix programmers stuck on Windows. I am the opposite.Can anyone recommend one (or maybe a combination of an SSH client and an Command-Line replacement)?
Update: After seeing the early answers here, I turned my requirements into a blog article, which may give more background in the direction I am looking.
I know this has been asked before, but in case there are some significant changes in this area with Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.04, I ask. Are there any good search and indexing tools available preferably something that also look at the content of files? Something along the line of Beagle. Is it still possible to install Beagle?
I use CentOS under VirtualBox. There are Guest Additions, but for Ubuntu are virtualbox-ose-guest-utils and virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 There are GA replacements, better than GA (no problem with AppArmor). Are CentOS replacements ?
My father has an HP PSC 1510 All in One Printer - Scanner - Copier. I have recently managed to convert him over to Linux, his current distro of choice is Fedora 12.Everything was going surprisingly well until recently: the message came up on his screen saying that the ink levels were low. After replacing the cartridges the message continued to appear. However the main nuisance is that it will not allow the printer to print at all now.
The cartridges are working as he still has vista on his system and logged in and printed out from there without hassle. Is there a way to reset the memory of the printer in Fedora? I am not much help to him here as I know nothing about printers.
some software replacements for open ofiice calc? i had fedora 13 lxde and i liked that one, but i don remember the name. maybe there are better ones than it too
I need GIMP to work for my place of business. When I open gimp in terminal and run the program, everything is fine untill I click on either smudge, pencil, text tool, etc. It just crashes, and terminal says this: gimp: fatal error: Failed to register GObject with DBusConnection script-fu:2795): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: script-fu: gimp_wire_read(): error
I always used to wonder how do web hosting companies host their websites. My problem is I saw some one having their website.I have a degree in Computer Science. I am not clear as how do these web hosting companies give the logins to their users as root. Meaning how can a hosting provider provide root login to say 1000 users and each having a different IP address.
I am looking for an Ubuntu replacement program for MDBS, which is essentially a business management program that Matco uses for tool sales.I need a program that:
- includes a way to archive my customers, their sales history and personal information - archives my products so that I may simply choose what my customers have purchased from a list and invoice them with a sales receipt
No matter what modifications I make to the printer settings, in order to get both the addressee and the return address on the 4.5x9.5 envelope, I cannot get the information on the face of the envelope.
I have designed a business card in Inkscape and saved it as a .pdf file. When I sent it as an e-mail to my local printer, they said the file could not be opened. I then saved the file in about every format that Inkscape Save As... option gave me and sent it to them to no avail. They use Windows software as does all printers in my city.
Is it possible that WINE can covert this high graphic rendering and allow me to send it to my printer? If so, how can I do this?
I am new to Linux and have just moved over from Windows (kill Bill) never to look back. I do a lot of Business Plans for new business start-ups as well as existing small business'. My question is, is there anything similar to Business Plan Pro, by Palo Alto Software, written for the Linux OS?
I have been with windows and want to move my file server to Linux. I googled and read various articles and Samba/Posix ACL of linux file permission My concern is about the permission in windows & Linux In Linux there are only (read, write, execute file permission and my boss wants the file permission like in windows environment as below
- file owner can delete but other user in same group can only read/modify the file (or the content)
- file inheritance to sub directories
My question is, if Linux only comes with read/write/execute permission, do you think we can use Linux as file server to store business data with above requirement?
I wanted light fast email so I went with kmail. I set up my sig for my business account and it works just fine. Problem is when I send email from my personal account I dont want any sig to show up. I went into identities and have no sig on my cox account but it still shows up with my business sig,
I've been poking around for the last week trying to find a suitable small business accounting software that will work for us. To make a long story short I stumbled upon SQL-Ledger and it looks like a very good application just what we're looking for... and low and behold its in the repositories! Anyway I installed the SQL-Ledger package but unfortunately there's no way to load or open this app. Synaptic shows its installed but there's no gui or and reference in the menu. Searching using the filter in the menu results in nothing. So I'm assuming SGL-Ledger just needs a gui associated with it to open it right??
I am thinking of starting a business creating web pages and supplying a 'enterprise server' type solutions, whilst still being highly cost effective - eg recomend the client to use an 'old' pc for the majority of their server needs (LDAP, mail, firewall, web server etc). I plan on doing all of this on a linux platform, so as to pass the cost savings of related 'microsoft enterprise systems' to my clients ~ thereby making my proposition more interesting to clients. However I'm not sure if the 'old' pc idea will 'cut the mustard' in terms of serving web pages. So my real question is, at what point does the speed of the internet connection reach a bottle neck with the speed of my CPU? As an 'example' in case I'm not being very clear (which I'm not sure I am).
My old pc has an AMD athlon chip in it, and equally old 30GB and 40GB HDD (SCSI ~ did I mention that they are old!). My intention is to set up a system to the above type specification at home, to see how long it takes me to do, and to give me an idea of what I should charge clients. I understand all the technology, but initially (to save on personal startup costs) I was intending to use my old pc as my personal gateway to the world, $40 for the web registration for 1 year is a considerable saving compared to the $20 per month for a hosted service ~ although as soon as things are going and being 'profitable' I would most likely either upgrade my server or get a hosted service. Any tools I can download onto the server to 'determine' the power consumption over any given period?
I was looking at replacing an old Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 with an Ubuntu system. I was looking at the following Dell system:- [URL]. I was concerned about the "Embedded software Raid" and if Ubuntu will work with it? The system is fairly basic:- We want a server with 2 x 500g SATA hard drives mirrored. We need to connect 8 Windows computers logged into a business domain. Accessing mail and a Microsoft Access data base.
I am probably going to get blasted for this statement which is a result of four days of frustration.There are many people on here who are having problems getting their printers to work with Ubuntu. In my case it is version 10:04. I have been reading and trying fixes for four days. Nothing works.Surely this has got to the attention of the people who know what they are doing and design these programs. I sure don't know how to fix this, along with a lot of other users. We are not being lazy or arrogant. Nothing seems to work.Surely someone in the hierarchy can put in a patch that fixes this problem.The fact that Ubuntu won't print for so many people surely must be a priority inhe development of this software. So, please will one of the program developers fix this problem and send out a patch.
I guess pretty much everyone here is using Gnome. I've used KDE for 14 years, but kaddressbook is simply too primitive. And they've made it worse lately. Is anyone actually using a contacts manager in Gnome for business? I need advanced features like mail merge, ticklers, etc. Which one is most advanced? I want it to save contacts as vcards, not in proprietary formats, so the data is survivable, and ideally individually in directories, not as one big vcard wad.
Trying to use Evolution, but it segaults every time I hit Calendar; missing some icons from a Gnome package I can't figure out which one. (gtk-missing-image, stock_bell, stock_notes, etc) Also Evolution can not remember my mail certificates, and asks to approve them every time I start... for 16 email accounts this is a pain.
My company manufactures satellite TV receiveing equipment. Out current software is quite long and and a bit of an annoyance for customers. I would like the help of a programmer to create for us a customised, easy to use GUI, built to our specification.
I learned Java(SE,EE) few years ago and didn't use it because we are using PHP and ASP.NET at work.However, I would like to ask a question: Is Java (SE,EE) free for use for business purpose?I mean,if I start up a company and use tomcat with java, do I have to pay for the license to use Java?I don't know much about java license until I learned that ASF(Apache Software Foundation) quited from the Java Community recently.As a result,they recalled my attention regarding the legitimacy of using java in business purpose for free.
I operate on fc13. I have a small business running in India, I need a business accounting software for my business. Something simillar to tally. Gnucash Grisbi are all personal accounting softwares. These do not fullfill the needs of a busness. even then good softwares. I am searching for a business accounting software.
I want to connect my linux laptop (Mandriva 2008.1 x86_64) to my windows small business server. My issue is that I am not sure what I can and can't do in terms of any windows config changes. Can linux (I assume using Samba) connect normally?
I have been using Trixbox CE for a couple of years and a client has asked me to setup a VOIP system with two phones and a couple of extensions. When he gets hit with a borage of phone calls I need to have the call that are behind the others to go the the next extension. I need redundancy if one Internet connection goes down and have the another kick in or failover. How does one configure Trixbox to failover to the other Internet connection and can someone give me a list of carriers in the Washington D.C area. Can someone point me in the right direction?
looking to implement a website where business partners can download/upload documents. The files and the "partner areas" should be password protected.Are there open source projects / Ubuntu packages readily available for implementing this type of web-based file sharing service
