Even with Tally and Galileo running on linux, (sorry to burst your bubble) you would not become revolutionary crusader with number one this and that. Before Windows 95, India was a Unix country ... same feelings would have come to person who tried out Windows 95 for the first time.

methinks you missed my point completely. I hope you dont take your work also this seriously. burnout is a B word.

Basic idea is to proliferate open source, if you still have to use tally for your day today work, its as much of a bleamish as using Windows.

But my immediate goal is not to be a fully openSource user, but just a WindowsFree user. (And yes, Macs are out of question too).

There are open source accounting softwares available which might be able to fulfill your needs if you make some effort

Appreciate the feedback and links, but like I said, I just want to avoid meat, not become a vegan.

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