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Testing of beta versions of apps before public release.

Make Nearly Any app portable!

Submitted by mczack26 on July 8, 2007 - 7:14am

Because of new emulators you could run linux in qemu and run any app that runs on this operating system, your other option is also react os
React OS
Qemu Puppy (Runs in windows)
Puppy Linux (for info)
Both of these have package managers that you can download softwere from but bear in mind that react OS at the time of writing is not a stable operating system however it works quite well!

WinBoard Portable 4.2.7 Pre-release 2 (Testers needed)

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Submitted by Ryan McCue on July 8, 2007 - 6:37am

New version available, topic locked.

OK, I lied. Big woop, wanna fight about it? Blum This will seriously be the last one though.

WinBoard Portable is the popular WinBoard chess game packaged in a portable format. WinBoard is a graphical frontend for the GNU Chess and XBoard chess engines and can load and save PGN formatted games. Plus, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your chess games wherever you go.

Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable 3.3 Pre-Release 1 (Testers Needed)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 7, 2007 - 4:06pm

This release has been superseded by the final release:
https://portableapps.com/news/2007-07-09_-_virtual_magnifying_glass_port...

This is a followup to the 3.2.1 Pre-Release I did a while ago. Virtual Magnifying Glass allows you to take a customizable screen magnifier with you while you move between PCs. It's handy for folks with visual impairments as well as designers. Please give it a try and post back your results.

GIMP Portable 2.2.16 Pre-Release 1 (Testers Needed)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 7, 2007 - 2:19pm

Final version released, topic locked:
https://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable

This is just a minor GIMP update, but it's using the new installer script that calculates free space accurately and this is the first app with options (you can choose whether or not it uses translations) to do so, so I wanted to have folks give it a quick test before releasing.

In particular, try it out doing upgrades on nearly full drives that may be able to handle it with or without the translations included.

Rocks'n'Diamonds Portable 3.2.3 Pre-release 2 (Testers needed)

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Submitted by Ryan McCue on July 7, 2007 - 4:02am

New version released; check it out instead
One more to wrap up today, and some more tomorrow Wink

Rocks'n'Diamonds Portable is the popular Rocks'n'Diamonds game packaged in a portable format. It is an arcade style game with support for the Sokoban level format. Plus, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your game wherever you go.

Rocks'n'Diamonds Portable 3.2.3 Pre-release 2

PortableApps Menu Mod r15 - *FINAL*

Submitted by netdroid9 on July 7, 2007 - 1:50am

PortableApps Menu Mod r15

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Why the *FINAL*? Simply put, as I stated would happen in the r12 thread, other obligations have caught up with me. I apologize for not being able to implement categories and other requested features in time. I wish to thank Tewan for hosting the mods, and everyone for their suggestions. I had fun implementing them :).

Mahjong Portable 1.8 Pre-release 4 (Testers needed)

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Submitted by Ryan McCue on July 7, 2007 - 12:53am

I had this sitting in my projects folder and I hadn't done anything about it, so I decided to clean it up a little and upgrade it to the next version.
Note: it doesn't have a splash screen yet, because John hasn't sent me any of the splash screens I've asked for, nor the source. It also doesn't have a new installer, a help.html or the ability to run from a CD. That said,

PokerTH Portable 0.5 Pre-Release 3 (Testers Needed)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 6, 2007 - 11:39am

Final version released, topic locked
https://portableapps.com/apps/games/pokerth_portable

This is another one that I had kicking around. It's PokerTH, a Texas Hold-Em style poker variant with excellent graphics and sound that supports both local play against computer opponents and network play against people around the world.

Download Size: 5.5MB
Install Size: 8MB

Download PokerTH Portable 0.5 Pre-Release 3

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