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Open Source and Free Software

RKP5637

(67,112 posts) Wed Feb 29, 2012, 05:00 PM Feb 2012

FYI - TurboTax + Linux works extremely well online. I've done this a couple of

years now using TurboTax online via Firefox Windows + Wine + Ubuntu. It works flawlessly.

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FYI - TurboTax + Linux works extremely well online. I've done this a couple of (Original Post) RKP5637 Feb 2012 OP

you should report your results frankie Jul 2012 #1

The difference might be they are speaking of using the native Windows TurboTax RKP5637 Jul 2012 #2

for TT Online, use Linux Firefox frankie Aug 2012 #3

Interesting! Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #4

Spam deleted by hlthe2b (MIR Team) martheus99 Sep 2012 #5

frankie

(53 posts)

1. you should report your results

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:44 PM

Jul 2012

The official WineHQ listing says it doesn't work: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=623

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

2. The difference might be they are speaking of using the native Windows TurboTax

Reply to frankie (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:29 PM

Jul 2012

package with Wine. What I use is "web based" TurboTax, using Windows Firefox via Wine.

frankie

(53 posts)

3. for TT Online, use Linux Firefox

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 10:58 AM

Aug 2012

You can either use User Agent Switcher to masquerade as Windows, or click the "No Thanks, Continue Without Updating" button on the system requirements page. http://archive.org/details/DemoOfTurbotaxOnlineLinuxSupport_265

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

4. Interesting! Thanks!!! n/t

Reply to frankie (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:07 AM

Aug 2012

martheus99

(10 posts)

5. Spam deleted by hlthe2b (MIR Team)

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:19 PM

Sep 2012

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