Wow, way off topic, but all online banking functions can be done with Mozilla (at least with my bank). Also, Moneydance is a Quicken type program written in Java (i.e., runs on any and all platforms) and Quicken runs under Crossover Office with online banking as well. -Joe On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 11:13, Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > My thanks to everyone who replied to this subject. Lots of good ideas, > I'll definitely put some of them to use. > > Here a few more notes on what I plan to do : > > Red Hat (Fedora?) or Mandrake install > totally GUI for the user > Crossover stuff (thanks for the reminders!) > > And here's what they have for peripherals : > > a scanner, not sure what kind > an HP printer (610C ? 810C ? I'll find out later... ) > > Things they need to do include : > > Web browsing > print from Web (color, b&w) > on-line banking via Web browser (I'm afraid IE may be required, > don't know though) > print from file manager (color, b&w) > operate scanner > basic image editing > > Their net connection is DSL through SBC/Yahoo. I don't expect problems > with that, I had the same connectivity at my old > apartment, no problems with various Linux distros. > > They don't have games installed, they don't really run any apps beyond > the browser. My only concern is wrt the on-line > banking requirements. Does anyone here do on-line banking via a Linux > browser ? > > Best regards, > > == dp > > > > >
