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RKP5637

(67,112 posts) Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:00 PM Feb 2012

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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

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frankie

(53 posts)

1. you should report your results

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:44 PM

Jul 2012

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

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RKP5637

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

Reply to frankie (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:29 PM

Jul 2012

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

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frankie

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3. for TT Online, use Linux Firefox

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 09:58 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

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RKP5637

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4. Interesting! Thanks!!! n/t

Reply to frankie (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 10:07 AM

Aug 2012

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Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:19 PM

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