I am currently assembling a course for professionals in Emergency Management to show them the beauty of having Portable Apps as a part of their tool kit. Before I go into actually teaching them how to use different functions, would it be possible for me to provide the attendees a flash drive already pre-loaded with several Portable Apps that I find useful in my job?
What would you recommend as the best way to build out 200-500 USB drives pre-loaded with Portable Apps and a few basic useful apps?
Also, do you have any Power Point type presentations that I could use to assist in building out my presentation?
Thanks!
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First, it's important to note that some apps have licenses that do not permit redistribution in this format. Most freeware will fall into this category. Live installer apps like Google Chrome will as well. Most open source apps may be freely redistributed though some will prohibit any modification (Firefox and Thunderbird, for instance).
Second, for a small fee, it's possible to set up a custom suite of apps and have your own branded version of the menu. Drop us a note at the business development email on our contact page for details.
If you're looking for a source, a vendor like CustomUSB has the hardware and expertise to handle something like this including your own branded drives.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Emergency Management is definitely an area where portability matters. When you don't have Internet, having access to software that's self-contained and easily shared will save time and trouble.
> do you have any Power Point type presentations that I could use to assist in building out my presentation?
With a clear disclaimer that it's not affiliated with PortableApps, I'll point to something I wrote up that should work with PowerPoint: https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=94640#p94640 ... it's written using the open source LibreOffice presentation tool (https://portableapps.com/search/node/libreoffice), is licensed under Creative Commons, and the graphics used are all public domain.
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