[lug] Open Source Linux POS Software

Mon Jan 23 10:23:52 MST 2017

I would definitely take a look at Odoo, it might be able to help with
backend inventory and other situations. It's pretty slick.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 10:02 AM, <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:

> He already has a commercial/paid POS system, but it seems incapable of
> some of the features he is about to need relative to simultaneous online
> and in-person purchases (hopefully lots of online, both US and
> international!). His POS hardware is already in place, and money is of
> course always an issue. The existing software seems to use only a local
> file for tracking things, not a real SQL database, and especially not with
> distributed database functionality (think local shop synchronized with a
> remote colocation or other network provider service...his shop cannot
> possibly handle the bandwidth of a real web site, and definitely not
> survive relying on networking for database operations).
>
> I'm currently trying to find out more about the hardware itself and what
> options are available for dealing with the existing data format (such as
> either replacing it or "upgrading" to some other version). Some paid
> software might be acceptable, but I don't have the required information yet
> to know what he can afford (he'd be throwing out software he already has
> the license for). I'll check out OFBiz, and probably later today I'll know
> more about his existing POS hardware.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com>
> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List <
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> Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:50:56 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [lug] Open Source Linux POS Software
> Years ago I setup OFBiz (http://ofbiz.apache.org/) for a small business
> and it seemed ok. I got them using it, they were happy, and after a couple
> months I never heard from them again, so they either were able to just keep
> on trucking or they decided they hated me.
> Out of curiosity, why not use one of the tablet-based POS systems from
> Square and others? Those seem to work well, and licensing isn't really an
> issue since they are using them essentially as SASS to drive people into
> their CC auth service.
> Q
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Jonathan Eidsness <
> jonathan.eidsness at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd suggest Odoo (odoo.com). I've mainly looked at it as an ERP program.
>> The POS component looks pretty slick, though I've not used it.
>>
>> On Jan 20, 2017 1:26 PM, "Davide Del Vento" <davide.del.vento at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I don't really have a good answer, but since nobody answered (yet?) mine
>> will be better than nothing.
>> Last time I checked MySQL was GPL, which is fine for everything you want
>> to do as long as you don't change its source code and give it to others
>> (which I'm 99% sure you will not do), so I would not rule that out. Also,
>> it seems to still be the most popular DB, which will limit you a lot if you
>> avoid it. I personally like PostgreSQL more, though.
>> In my opinion PHP is not worse than other languages in making code not
>> secure. However I do not like it. And many people who use it tend to not be
>> strong on security and robustness, which you seem to care about. I'm sure
>> you can find not-robust and not-secure software written in java, python, bf
>> or your favorite language, so again, I would not rule PHP out just because
>> it's PHP. Look at what you find. IIRC, wikipedia is built in PHP, and it's
>> certainly a pretty scalable, robust and at least decently secure website.
>> I have not set a POS in either Linux or other OS.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 3:23 PM, <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm looking at helping a friend set up at least a back end
>>> Point-of-Sales (POS) software in a service and retail oriented shop on
>>> Linux. I'm hoping to avoid some of the commercial licensing dramas going on
>>> these days.
>>>
>>> I definitely don't like what I see related to commercial licensing and
>>> use of MySQL, and I have had very pleasant experience with using PostgreSQL
>>> (especially since this may go into distributed database services), so this
>>> is high on the list. Maybe I'm wrong, but so far I'm summarily dismissing
>>> anything requiring MySQL.
>>>
>>> I don't mind Java as a language, I like working with it, but it seems
>>> recently news has shown there may be some licensing drama there too (though
>>> this would depend on the Java support packages instead of the end Java
>>> programs using those packages)...does anyone here have any comments on
>>> whether Java licensing is a risk for people using software running under
>>> Java on Linux? I'm especially interested for cases where the regular
>>> Fedora/CentOS repositories have the Java support software...there is no
>>> chance of using something requiring a special install.
>>>
>>> It seems that most of what is out there is either Java or PHP, and as
>>> easy as PHP is to work with, the web-based PHP solutions seem too high
>>> risk...how much should PHP be trusted these days with security? Has this
>>> changed?
>>>
>>> Does anyone here have any experiences to share with setting up open
>>> source POS software under Linux?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
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