Dear Nicholas,
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:57, Internet User wrote: > Subject to proof of intelligence between my ears I will state that I am > a Linux schmuck. You are NOT a schmuck > I can't decipher all these instructions to load up programs like WINE, > SQL- Ledger, etc, etc. Most of the programmes will load out of the box as RPMs Please look at http://www.rpmfind.net > I could have a very long list of these programs I would dearly like to > have running but can't seem to break the knowledge barrier to get them > going. > > What I am trying to do is eliminate completely any reliance on M$ > Crashware, the only things I have need of it for these days is CAD and > Accounting software, if only because both are captive systems, ie, it > will take mountains of work to transfer them over. Very sensible ;) How much legacy data do you have? What format is it in? Are your CAD plans are in DXF format? Which CAD system will you be using? > You install WINE, postgres SQL, Perl 5, Apache web server (or equal), > etc - to get SQL Ledger running and show me in basic terms how to do it; Do you have a chart of accounts? > If you can do it in 8 hrs @ $quote per hour you get the job; -- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing - 113-115 Oxford St Darlinghurst Australia Phone: +(61-2) 9360 5555 Fax +(61-2) 9361 0094 0414 618 425 http://www.nada.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
