Have you considered offering USB flash drives ready-loaded with the new PortableApps Suite(TM)?
I think that would be really cool and a great promotion. I would love to own one. I would also buy them as presents for my friends.
For an initial investment you could derive income to help support the project. You could offer these from this site, and also from sites such as cheaplinux.co.uk and Amazon.
They would also make great promotional giveaways if jointly branded by a suitable sponsor.
I would go for 1GB, FAT partitioned with plenty of space for user files and extra apps. Packaged with a glossy, one app-per-page leaflet for added acceptability.
Why not ask for donations to pilot this idea?
What I would like better is a setup to auto
installextract the Suite for beginner computer users.My Portable Apps-
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All you have to do is open the exe and it's done surely? What more automation would you want?