1.3

Adding support for other database management systems would require that the database logic be coded to the least common denominator. We have decided that we want to eventually allow add-ons in different languages, and thus the database becomes the only point where we can enforce accounting logic consistantly across all parts of the application. Porting and maintaining such logic across database systems is not feasible for this project.

Additionally PostgreSQL is an outstanding RDBMS and we have no desire to move from it.

Quite a few users find some of the terminology and accounting processes a little confusing at first. Some of the more popular small business accounting packages tend to hide these aspects of book-keeping from users for simplicity, so with the current user interface there is often some new ideas to grasp.

First step is the manual - the LedgerSMB manual is free and highly recommended reading.

There are a number of possible causes for login problems. Some of the more common causes are:

Login in 1.3.x is new. Take a look at this screen guide:
http://www.ledgersmb.org/help/install/Ubuntu_Installation_Tutorial_Ledge...

LedgerSMB is a fork of a popular general ledger software package called SQL-Ledger largely written and maintained by Dieter Simader.

SMB is an acronym for Small Medium Business.

Some of the improvements that we've made to the code base so far include:

• Enhanced security
• More reports
• An Open Development Model
• Code quality improvements
• Quality assurance measures (automated testing)
• Better data integrity controls