Quickbooks on Linux

[Tyler Aviss]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Stephen W. Clarke <stephenc-wtWqQT8woy8 at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Yes it does work on XP, so the a VM style solution is possible, but if I
> do that can I run multiple instances of the same VM simultaneously for
> multiple remote users? That seems to be extra complicated.
>
>
>
>> Does it run on XP? For those times that XP must be run I usually keep
>> a copy of XP handy in VirtualBox, etc.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Stephen W. Clarke <stephenc-wtWqQT8woy8 at public.gmane.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Do any of you know if it's possible to run Quickbooks in a linux
>>> environment. That is other than in a VM. WINE? CrossOver?
>>>
>>> I've been asked to install QB2010 on our accounting server, but it is
>>> running Windows 2000 Server and won't install. So, I'm wondering if
>>> there
>>> are any real options other than buying and installing Windows Server
>>> 2008.
>>> ugh!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stephen W. Clarke
>>> Marketing and Communications Officer
>>> Nray Services Inc.
>>> 56A Head Street
>>> Dundas, ON L9H 3H7
>>> CANADA
>>>
>>> (905) 627-1302 x14

Hmm, do all the users need to access it simultaneously?
If not, then what we have here for some of things that need windows
(like our Blackberry Enterprise Server), is run it within a VM and
connect via RDP when necessary.

One person can connect at a time, but at least you could access it
from multiple computers on an as-needed (first-come-first-serve)
basis.

If you're using the commercial version of VirtualBox (free for
personal/evaluation/academic use) then you can connect directly to the
VM via rdesktop (mstsc in windows, in linux using "rdesktop-vrdp -u
VMUSER as -p VMUSERPASSWORD SERVER:3389"). Once it's setup you could
use VBoxHeadless to start the VM without needing the GUI

If you're using the OSE (open-source/free) version, you don't get the
RDP server, USB support, or USB-over-RDP support (which is really
cool), but you could still set it up using the VirtualBox GUI and then
setup RDP, give the VM a live IP via a bonded interface, and then
enable RDP within your windows guest.

If you decide it's worth your while I can pass some init scripts etc
that make the start/stop a little easier.
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