How do you implement linux in your business?

[Roger Magana]

What services and applications do you utilize that have been pretty solid?

I host web pages on it, write spreadsheets, email, research, do accounting, etc.

I use apache, libreoffice, thunderbird, firefox, gnucash respectively.

Just want want to see what else is working for you on it.

 

[NETWizz]

Only Apache/PHP/MySQL and Postgresql

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

My webhost is Linux based and I use Parted Magic frequently.

 

[coffee]

My shop is totally linux based. I have a firewall utilizing shorewall, NTF, RAID5 and then my workstation runs Mint 17.3 RAID1 with virtualbox for my windows7 which runs quickbooks. I just brought another server online last week running CentOS 7 that is a test bed for DNS, IceWarp.

I really have no use for windows except quickbooks. What accounting software are you using in linux?

coffee

 

[Roger Magana]

Only Apache/PHP/MySQL and Postgresql

For what purpose, if I may ask?

 

[Roger Magana]

My shop is totally linux based. I have a firewall utilizing shorewall, NTF, RAID5 and then my workstation runs Mint 17.3 RAID1 with virtualbox for my windows7 which runs quickbooks. I just brought another server online last week running CentOS 7 that is a test bed for DNS, IceWarp.

I really have no use for windows except quickbooks. What accounting software are you using in linux?

coffee

The server you bought online is coming in or like a VPS? I run gnucash. It has covers all of my accounting needs. I do my own invoices manually on spreadsheet.

 

[altrenda]

We run very little actual Linux.
I have a box that boots to Parted Magic from a USB stick, a couple of Chromebooks, and Android phones.

We kind of like to " eat our own dog food" so since our clients mostly use Macs and Windows, that's what we use. It helps keep us current on what our customers use.

We do have a lot of pfSense installations, but that's freeBSD, not sure if that counts. We have a couple Untangle clients, which is Debian, so add that one.

 

[trevm999]

I really have no use for windows except quickbooks. What accounting software are you using in linux?

I did a fair bit a looking into what would be the best option (without actually trying anything) and the two I would look into are Front Accounting and Odoo.

 

[Markverhyden]

Currently a couple of VM's running on ESXi. Both FC, one for my email server, Axigen. The other for ownCloud. Planning on a third one for my website which is currently on a MacMini Server.

 

[coffee]

The server you bought online is coming in or like a VPS? I run gnucash. It has covers all of my accounting needs. I do my own invoices manually on spreadsheet.

I have a small self built server (glorified workstation) that I am using for training purposes. Its really not much but it fills the need

I have used gnucash before. I need quickbooks to hold my hand though as I am just too stupid with accounting (lol)

 

[OaksLabs]

Ubuntu for:

• Web: nginx
• Email: Dovecot, Postfix, and SquirrelMail (web front end)
• DNS: pdnsd
• FTP: ProFTPD
• Desktop: Xubuntu desktop

*Untangle as UTM
*XenServer (Citrix product) as Hypervisior
*NAS4Free as network storage

I have built a PXE boot windows deployment setup for my day job via Ubuntu and dnsmasq.

 

[Roger Magana]

I have built a PXE boot windows deployment setup for my day job via Ubuntu and dnsmasq.

Nice. Is that through FOG?

 

[Roger Magana]

I have a small self built server (glorified workstation) that I am using for training purposes. Its really not much but it fills the need

I have used gnucash before. I need quickbooks to hold my hand though as I am just too stupid with accounting (lol)

You should look into an accounting course whenever you get the chance to because it will help you understand your actual impact on daily transactions. And just a note; many CEOs have an accounting degree. But quickbooks continues to be top dog. I just prefer a more open source/manual method of doing many things.

 

[Roger Magana]

Currently a couple of VM's running on ESXi. Both FC, one for my email server, Axigen. The other for ownCloud. Planning on a third one for my website which is currently on a MacMini Server.

I got a ownCloud instance and it is pretty solid (though I am considering going SSD storage with it for higher access times) but I hear about nextcloud and how we should replace ownCloud with it for future version support. You should look into that.

 

[Roger Magana]

I did a fair bit a looking into what would be the best option (without actually trying anything) and the two I would look into are Front Accounting and Odoo.

They might be competent and everything but I haven't heard of those two with the research I gave it.

 

[OaksLabs]

Nice. Is that through FOG?

Nope, dnsmasq has it's own TFTP server; so you just need to setup the address range, specify the boot file, and drop everything in the TFTP share and you've got PXE boot (it executes the boot file, the boot file takes over from there).

 

[Roger Magana]

Nope, dnsmasq has it's own TFTP server; so you just need to setup the address range, specify the boot file, and drop everything in the TFTP share and you've got PXE boot (it executes the boot file, the boot file takes over from there).

Oh, didn't know dnsmasq was it's own thing. I remember setting up a dd-wrt just to get the imaging server to be discoverable through dnsmasq

 

[coffee]

You should look into an accounting course whenever you get the chance to because it will help you understand your actual impact on daily transactions. And just a note; many CEOs have an accounting degree. But quickbooks continues to be top dog. I just prefer a more open source/manual method of doing many things.

I can not agree with you more. I have studied accounting and do have it down to a large degree. I spent a lot of time when starting my business looking at all different kinds of accounting software. I figured because I was inexperienced in accounting I would get something that will basically hold my hand thru the daily chores. Thats why I settled on quickbooks. Its been a love hate relationship as they have made changes thru updates that have done stuff like delete my invoice designs and disallowing thunderbird email as an option - which they then put back. I guess a lot of people screamed at them. But overall, I am getting by with quickbooks. I used gnucash for a short period but because of my lack of knowledge at the time I found it a bit difficult.

Thanks for the post,

 

[coffee]

I got a ownCloud instance and it is pretty solid (though I am considering going SSD storage with it for higher access times) but I hear about nextcloud and how we should replace ownCloud with it for future version support. You should look into that.

NextCloud just released their version 9 (first for them) and beat their release date. I will be looking it over and probably install it to see how it runs.

 

[ZenTree]

Owncloud VM, some webdev servers and a seemingly unending supply of raspberry pi's to tinker with - currently running our office music system and our phone systems too.