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Preparing Income Taxes on Linux
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- Slide 1: Greetings
- Slide 2: Acknowledgements
- Slide 3: Outline
- Slide 4: Introductions 1
- Slide 5: Introductions 1a
- Slide 6: Introductions 1b
- Slide 7: Introductions 1c
- Slide 8: Introductions 2.0
- Slide 9: Introductions 2.1
- Slide 10: Introductions 2.1a
- Slide 11: Introductions 2.1b
- Slide 12: Introductions 2.1c
- Slide 13: Introductions 2.2
- Slide 14: Introductions 2.3
- Slide 15: Introductions 2.3a
- Slide 16: Introductions 2.3b
- Slide 17: Introductions 2.3c
- Slide 18: Introductions 2.3d
- Slide 19: Introductions 2.4
- Slide 20: Why Linux?
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Slide 1: Greetings
Preparing Income Taxes on Linux by Rick Archibald with research assistance from Josh Jackson
Slide 2: Acknowledgements
- Josh Jackson -- essential research
- HLUG Members (various) -- tax prep poll answers
- HLUG Saturday SIG -- this time slot
- HAL-PC -- sponsoring this event
- Directron -- door prizes
Slide 3: Outline
- 1 hour targeted running time
- Introductions - myself
- 3 sparse slides & an outline
- Fast, most of you know me
- Many of you have done my audience polls before
- Native Linux Application
- WINE
- Virtual Machine
- Linux Browser
Please try to hold your Q's 'til the end
Slide 4: Introductions 1
Who am I? (3 slides)
- HAL Activities
- Computer Experience
- Income Tax Preparing Experience
Slide 5: Introductions 1a
- HAL Activities
- Member since 2001
- BoD Member since 2005
- Current V. P. Programs
- SIG Leader
- Linux Workshop
- Samba & Network Admin
- Volunteer Help Committee
- Linux
- Opera
- Batch Files
Slide 6: Introductions 1b
- Computer Experience
- 1964 College -- Programming, 7040/7094
- 1968 Army
- 1970's Income Tax Office -- "In search of"
- 1980's CP/M & MS DOS
- 1990's MS "Winders"
- 2001 began Linux
- 2005 exclusively Linux
Slide 7: Introductions 1c
- Income Tax Preparing Experience
- 14 years full-time 1971 - 1985
- Mass., Vermont, Texas
- 10 years in H. R. Block system
- 7 years as City Franchise owner
- Used TurboTax almost from its beginning
- Always looking for automation
Slide 8: Introductions 2.0
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
Please wait the the Questions, Raise your hand if one applies, & Keep your hand up until the next question
Thank you!
Slide 9: Introductions 2.1
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return?
Slide 10: Introductions 2.1a
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
Slide 11: Introductions 2.1b
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
Slide 12: Introductions 2.1c
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
- by a paid preparer?
Slide 13: Introductions 2.2
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
- by a paid preparer?
- Used Linux?
Slide 14: Introductions 2.3
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
- by a paid preparer?
- Used Linux?
- Used a Microsoft® Operating System:
Slide 15: Introductions 2.3a
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
- by a paid preparer?
- Used Linux?
- Used a Microsoft® Operating System:
- Vista?
Slide 16: Introductions 2.3b
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
- by a paid preparer?
- Used Linux?
- Used a Microsoft® Operating System:
- Vista?
- XP?
Slide 17: Introductions 2.3c
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
- by a paid preparer?
- Used Linux?
- Used a Microsoft® Operating System:
- Vista?
- XP?
- W2k?
Slide 18: Introductions 2.3d
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
- by a paid preparer?
- Used Linux?
- Used a Microsoft® Operating System:
- Vista?
- XP?
- W2k?
- Win 9x?
Slide 19: Introductions 2.4
Who are you?
By show of hands, who has ...
- Filed an Income Tax Return, prepared ...
- by hand?
- by computer?
- by a paid preparer?
- Used Linux?
- Used a Microsoft® Operating System:
- Vista?
- XP?
- W2k?
- Win 9x?
- Cursed Bill Gates?
Slide 20: Why Linux?
Why Linux, especially for Income Tax Preparation?
- Cost
- Usually $0 -- no money
- Learning Curve
- Security
-- Microsoft® products are believed to have:
- More flaws
- Longer times unpatched
- Shorter useful lives
- Reliability
- Open Source, standards, protocols
- More developers ("Many eyes make all bugs trivial")
- Freedom
- No lock-in to one supplier
- Are monopolies Un-American?
-- Main.RickArchibald - 25 Jan 2008