On 4 Jan 2006, I did a presentation for the Calgary Linux Users Group (CLUG) on getting started with SQL-Ledger. Here's the presentation file for those who might be interested:
This file is in OpenOffice 2.0 format.
For those who may not know, SQL-Ledger is an open source web based accounting system, available under the GPL. It is a great alternative to the Windows flavor of accounting programs. It is good enough that small to medium businesses should at least consider it when choosing their accounting system.