[aklug] Re: Turbo Tax and Linux

I've stopped trying to make things PC compatible or make PC apps run
on other OS's - now I just use alternative solutions, the only thing I
boot windows for (especially with the new version of MS Office for the
Mac, which eliminates my need for Outlook on the PC at work) these
days are little utilities that I haven't found online tools for,
firmware updaters and editing Visio documents. Visio is the most
important of those and I'm hunting at this time for a technical
drawing solution for the Mac.

I've used Taxact Online (http://www.taxact.com) to do taxes for the
last 3+ years with no issues between my Mac and PC (Getting a Mac a
few years back stole most of the thunder from maintaining a Linux
desktop so I haven't tested it on Linux).

Even though Quicken online is very early in it's life I'm now using
that for my home finances, it isn't near as feature filled as the full
software version, but it does what I need it to do (sync all my
transactions) since I use a spreadsheet for tracking my bills, etc. (http://www.noshut.com/blogfiles/Bill_Tracker_Clean.xls
). I haven't tested linux compatibility with either product, but they
both support Firefox on the Mac.

-Alan

On Apr 8, 2009, at 9:26 AM, Jenkinson, John P (SAIC) wrote:

> wine
> this works very well for me with most windows apps i need to run
> "under"
> linux
> wine does very well for what i'd classify as very tightly bound
> windows
> apps=20
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf
> Of Damien Hull
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:08 AM
> To: barsalou
> Cc: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: [aklug] Re: Turbo Tax and Linux
>
> I don't know about quicken and it sucks when the website says IE only.
> However, tax day shouldn't sending you running for the windows box.=20
>
> I've been using the turbo tax website for years. I haven't done my
> taxes
> yet so I don't know what the experience is like this time. It
> shouldn't
> be a problem but you never know.=20
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "barsalou" <barjunk@attglobal.net>
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 10:07:30 PM GMT -09:00 Alaska
> Subject: [aklug] Turbo Tax and Linux
>
> There are only a few things I use Windows for these days:
>
> - IE when the websites I use require it
> - Quicken, cause I just can't get my wife to like GNUCash
> - Turbo Tax.
>
> Well Turbo Tax just informed me that they will no longer support the
> =20
> Windows 2K machine that I am running on starting next year.
>
> I probably can find an old laptop that has XP Home, but it just
> torks =20
> me when companies do this.
>
> Anyone solving these windows application problems with other
> applications?
>
> I'm looking for actual examples of where folks have used the
> programs =20
> they are going to suggest.
>
> To me, other than iTunes for the various pods and other apple
> gadgets =20
> we have, I could be rid of Windows forever if I can conquer the
> above =20
> items.
>
> Here's to hoping.
>
> Mike B.
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