[CoLoCo] Cash register?

[Ringo Kamens]

Banana POS and gShop look good. I'll probably be using banana since it
fits my needs better. Another open-source option is a FreeDOS install
since *lots* of POS systems are in DOS. I think freedos is free as in
freedom? But yeah, I had no idea GNU/Linux had so many POS options.
Rock on free world.
Comrade Ringo Kamens

On 8/8/07, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 00:54 -0600, telecon at infosyndicate.net wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:53:31AM -0600, telecon at infosyndicate.net wrote:
> > >
> > > http://bananapos.com/pos/features/bhpos.html
> > >
> > > First google hit on linux point of sale.
> > >
> >
> > See also:
> > http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Projects/Industry_Specific/Financial/Point_of_Sale/
>
> I am setting up Quasar for my business.  I do not need the POS parts, so
> I only need to open source part.  This may be a little much for the OP
> and his fund-raising efforts, but for a brick and mortar business like
> the coffee shop... WOW!  Though I can not speak for their register
> stuff, the rest of it is fantastic.
>
> I had an accountant (Uses a large accounting package that was made in
> the Mid-West until it was purchased and destroyed by a computer company
> from Seattle... You can figure out which one) who told me there were no
> accounting packages for the Linux platform that were all that worth
> while.  And the free ones were not worth feeding to his dog.  I sat him
> down with Quasar, and he promptly shut up.  Now he is seriously thinking
> of how and if he should switch to Linux and Quasar for his moonlighting
> business.  I just love this stuff.
>
> Too funny.
>
> Bottom line, Quasar is a real business accounting system.  The POS (i.e.
> registers) are $500, without the POS is free.  There are several How-Tos
> on the Ubuntu Forums that give a blow by blow on how to set this beast
> up.  Unfortunately, it is not just a simple apt-get, but it is worth the
> effort.
>
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