Re: [SL] newbie question regarding laptop POS

[david <da...@ke...>]

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 23:47 -0500, Hall Family wrote:
> Hello, this has probably come up before but I can't find the answer I'm 
> looking for.
> I have a mixed OS environment consisting of the following computers
> (Linux server - Kubuntu server edition  - household lan )
> Mac G3 - 10.3.9
> Windows XP Home
> Compaq Presario 1685 Laptop ( non-wireless but does have ethernet ) this 
> will be the GPS and POS machine
> and finally another linux server that my websites are hosted on in 
> another city where I do NOT have root access nor postgresql capability.
> 

First: All you have to worry about is your server.. .any machine can act
as client. I have a similar mixed bag.

If your server doesn't need to be online 24/7, the lapdog will do fine. 

As far as importing data, you need info from someone else.. I've never
needed to do it ;-)  It seems to me that the laptop being POS and server
makes things relatively easy. Then when you plug your laptop into your
lan you have access to everything you need.

I'm assuming that your joomla/ecommerce is off line when you are at
shows anyway, and that it's all installed on the laptop?? Or did i miss
something?

> My thoughts are this.
> I would like to be able to have a central place where my accounting 
> takes place that is accessible from any of the other machines.
> I'm thinking the laptop would be a good candidate for this as it will 
> need to be used when we go to craft shows and such to sell our 
> products.  I doubt we will have wireless capability because most are in 
> farm country.
> I need it to store the credit card processing information and sale 
> history, print a receipt/invoice for the customer.
> I use joomla as my CMS and Virtuemart as my ecommerce software. 
> My ideal scenario is that sql-ledger would be able to import via csv or 
> some other method my days activities ( virtuemart uses mysql ) and 
> updates its accounting accordingly.  Lacking that we don't do so much 
> business via the net that we couldn't enter them by hand for now.
> but when we come home from shows, we need to be able to synchronize the 
> data thats on the laptop with the server. ( if its not the main machine 
> already ).  Similarly when we are in the office at home I want to be 
> able to access the sql-ledger program from any of the desktop machines 
> or laptop be it xp or mac or even the linux clients.
> 
> I don't know the best way to install/build sql-ledger to fit my needs, 
> or if it really will.  I'm not very good at accounting and really am 
> tired of looking.  I would really appreciate any and all help.
> Thanks
> Troy
> 
> 
> 
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