Accounting Systems on Linux?

cuebei asks: "OK, Slashdotters - let's talk accounting systems for small-mid sized businesses. With the popularity of Linux servers running various e-business services such as web, directory, mail, commerce, etc, it only makes sense for Linux to become a more mainstream platform in the business world. One of the areas where I can foresee Linux being used extensively is in the area of accounting. Linux is both reliable and scalable, two key requirements for any accounting package. So who uses Linux for HR/Accounting? What options are out there? Open-source or commercial? If you were starting your own business and standardized on Linux as a platform, what accounting package would you use and why?"

Comments

Re:GNUCash?

[CanadaDave]

GNUCash is just a simple personal financial management application, sort of a Quicken clone. Do your homework.

NOLA - GPL'ed accounting

[CurlyG]

We're an small company making extensive use of open source software and recently settled (after an exhaustive morning searching freshmeat) on NOLA by Noguska Software.

It's Apache/PHP/MySQL-based and a very comprehensive solution (according to our normally-Windows-using CFO). It has a simple interface, and covers accounting, inventory, point of sale, contact management, billing, puchasing, and reporting.

It's also completely GPL'ed. Check it out - it rocks!