Comments on: How Linux can reduce your plastic load http://lowplastic.com/2008/12/20/how-linux-can-reduce-your-plastic-load/ Use less plastic. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Scott Wells http://lowplastic.com/2008/12/20/how-linux-can-reduce-your-plastic-load/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Scott Wells Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:41:10 +0000 http://lowplastic.com/?p=93#comment-35 I hear you: the lack of a Linux version of QuickBooks -- even though it is proprietary -- is a major impediment for large-scale deployments of Linux in office settings. I hear you: the lack of a Linux version of QuickBooks — even though it is proprietary — is a major impediment for large-scale deployments of Linux in office settings.

]]> By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish http://lowplastic.com/2008/12/20/how-linux-can-reduce-your-plastic-load/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:29:40 +0000 http://lowplastic.com/?p=93#comment-34 I really wish I could switch to Linux, but I have to be able to work from home, and my office relies on QuickBooks and Outlook, etc. So I think I'm stuck with Windows for now. But I did have fun upgrading our office machines to Windows XP (from Windows 2000) in order to avoid buying new machines. And I used the CD-Rom method you described. Beth I really wish I could switch to Linux, but I have to be able to work from home, and my office relies on QuickBooks and Outlook, etc. So I think I’m stuck with Windows for now. But I did have fun upgrading our office machines to Windows XP (from Windows 2000) in order to avoid buying new machines. And I used the CD-Rom method you described.

Beth

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