Is there a Linux compatible TurboTax version?

[dgkhill]

Intuit: Find out what Crossover needs and supply it. Make the call. Crossover is a for profit Linux product. You can do that too. Linux apps do not have to be profit free. 

Crossover will take the work of compatibility with so many Linux distros. 

Your current server security scheme will work. I've been contacting you with Linux over ten years. 

Strong suggestion: Use WebRoot not Norton (Huwae). 

There is something 'not right' with the govt. sweet-heart arrangement with Microsoft. 

Feed the right wolf. 

[wrreynolds]

Hi,

This question is a bit late, but I'll ask anyway: Vmware requires a copy of windows. I have an ISO of one of my computers. I would have to use the same computer as the ISO, right? That would mean that I have to install a dual boot on this computer.  Thanks, in advance! 

[mgfrobozz]

Hi, wrreynolds ...

If you are still using Windows on the computer for which you bought the ISO, according the the copyright, you'll need to install it on that computer. If you still want to use your old windows installation, you'll need to install linux dual-boot. If you've sold the computer, so that someone else is using it, you can't legally use the ISO on another computer unless you get a new installation key for it.

In my situation, I recycled the old computer, removing the hard drive beforehand, and destroyed the hard drive. That allowed me to use the installation key on another computer, and I've used it to install windows 7 under vmware, which is installed in linux/ubuntu. I boot only into linux, and use windows only under vmware, once a year, in order to run turbotax.

[llbrewer]

You question is a little confusing.  What operating systems are you using?  Is the ISO from a Windows computer and what operating system are you trying to install Intuit on?  If you are trying to install Intuit on a Linux computer you need to duel boot into windows with Linux or have windows installed in VMware on a Linux operating system.

Larry

[djorgensen]

To state the obvious, I was looking for a version of TTax that is natively compiled to run under Linux (pick your flavor, but a Debian distro would be a good start).  Dual booting into Windows and or running WINE or VMWare or anything else that lies between the app and the OS is just more bloatware requiring maintenance, bringing with them additional levels of headaches.  No ISO built for anything other than Linux should be involved.  It's not like RedHat/Debian/Ubuntu are rarities anymore...

[dgkhill]

Answer is no. My 10 year experience is that eventually Microsoft updates kill the dual boot with loss of everything not backed up externally.  Lucky to make it 1 year/episode.  fyi. Ms employee Linus Torvald helped write Windows 10. In the last 10 years MS has moved toward a linux core to its database and servers. A few years ago MS purchased Canonical - the major Linux repository. In 2020 MS became the major contributor to Github.  Looks like a trend there. Not surprised: 1 OS to rule them all!

Recently  Q4OS  claims to be  the preferred distro for dual boot - even tandem, simultaneous boot running side by side. (It only blue screened for me.)

Microsoft killed support for VM long ago after WinXP. Win 7had a settings option you had to find.  Virtual Box even on Linux keeps becoming unstable. Gave up on that a few years ago. My son likes PCeM but it has hit hard times lately for him. I think it is hard for these VM writers to keep up with MS updates.

Six years ago I purchased a hard-drive switch to choose my hard drive. One for windows. One for Linux. No dual boot complications. No cross security issues. No VM. You'll need an external drive with settings of 'share' under Windows, to pass data in a two step fashion. (But modern Mother boards are not designed for it. They come set for Microsoft ONLY. You have to go into Cmos and turn off the MS settings. MS countered that by making those settings a do or die option for windows 11. MB has to be MS only & no dual boot to have Win11. Q4os maybe excepted -if it would work. )

[dgkhill]

Windows still  requires it to be installed 1st, Linux second. MS requires that windows be on SATA #1 which it calls the 'C' drive. Some modern motherboards will only boot windows.

[AlexanderChristensen]

Hey there! I'm new here, but I'll try to help you out even though this trhead is a bit old. Unfortunately, TurboTax doesn't have a Linux version yet. But you could try using Crossover, which is a for-profit Linux product that can help with compatibility issues. They'll do the hard work of making sure TurboTax works with different Linux distros. Also, thanks for the heads up about WebRoot - I'll keep that in mind. And yeah, the government's relationship with Microsoft can be a bit sketchy at times, amirite? Oh, and speaking of things to keep in mind, have you heard about centos 7 end of life? It's coming up soon, so you might want to switch to a different distro if you're using that one. Anyway, hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

[mgfrobozz]

There is still no native linux TurboTax application, but I've successfully used the following approach for years:

* Install the free vmware player in your linux system.

* In vmware, install Windows. I originally used windows xp, then 7, then 10.

* Create a shared directory (eg ~/vmware/shared) so you can move files  between linux and windows easily.

* After you've got windows working, install TurboTax.

Then you have a window that's running windows, within linux. No need to dual-boot.