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Interesting OSS links: Skype for Asterix / Wavemaker / AccountLabPlus

salubrium — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:51:32 +0000

Haven’t had much time to go into detail with these but I think it’s worthy to take note of them

Skype for Asterisk has been released at last.

A new Skype for Linux Beta 2.1.047 has been released which fixes CPU problems with new PulseAudio and works brilliantly and also adds SMS support.

Also, I came across a very Rapid Application framework for building Ajax web apps called Wavemaker. They have an open source version and an Enterprise Version. Watch one of the videos where he builds a searchable client database in 10 minutes while explaining concepts.

Also, an announcement from Netenberg, the people who make Fantastico for Cpanel have announced that they will be open sourcing their AccountLab Plus application in Jan 2010.

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A Quick List of Personal and Small business time tracking apps

salubrium — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:40:31 +0000

My list of different time tracking / logging applications:

Application	Price / License	Unique Feature	OS’s
Timesnapper	$39.95	Intermittent screenshots recorded	Windows Only
Rachota	Open Source	All platforms	Java – Linux / Mac / Windows
Gnome Time Tracker	Open Source	Power shell can kick off any process	Linux (possibly Windows?)
CaptureWorks	$79.00	Automatically monitors files used	Windows / Mac
Allnetic Time Tracker	$29.95	Monitors activity and pauses if none	Windows Only
RescueTime	Free / Proprietary desktop client reports to their servers	Monitors URL’s visited in IE, FF, Opera	Windows / Mac / Linux
TTracker	Open Source	Monitors Application Usage	Windows Only
BillQuick	from $295.00	Integrate with MYOB	Windows Only
Timeless Time and Expense	from $49.95	Fat client or Ajax web interface	Windows Only
Actitime	Free (proprietary)	Web-based (non-ajax)	Java

Preferably looking for a desktop application (multi-platform) like Rescuetime that reports application usage to our own centralised server. Desktop client would have prompting and automated features like CaptureWorks and Allnetic to minimise discrepancies and increase workflow.

Any comments, please leave them below. Would love to hear of others.

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Professional Accounting Software on Linux

salubrium — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:45:27 +0000

We have just taken over the accounting from someone who was using Quickbooks (US version) and we had no way of reading the files without going out and buying Quickbooks ourselves.

I had a trial version which lasted 30 days, but of course we didn’t perform reconciliations prior to the expiry finishing. Left with little choices, I realised Quickbooks has an online version which could import all our current Quickbooks data.

After using Quickbooks online for >12 hours I can say it’s a brilliant web application – it says it requires ActiveX, which of course requires Internet Explorer.. but ie4linux seems to allow the ActiveX component to install fine and everything I have tested has worked fine so far.

After such a good experience with Quickbooks Online edition, I am not considering moving our accounts to NetAccounts . Their web interface doesn’t look as user friendly as Quickbooks but their Free Accounts are pretty impressive.

If I had more time, I would be taking a serious look at implementing TinyERP but I just don’t have the time to spend nor do I feel confident enough in my accountancy skills that I can rest assure the system is doing what’s it’s supposed to do.

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