Apps that run on multiple platforms

you can run it on linux with wine and there is no good java support
a shame!

Hi gforce. We are indeed focused on Windows as nearly all the PCs you encounter while you are out and about will be Windows PCs (school, work, hotel business center, library, net cafe, local coffee shop, etc). As such, we use an easy-to-use installer for our apps which is easier and much more functional than ZIP files. We do ensure that our platform, installer, launchers and all our other utilities work properly with Wine under Linux (we even do special coding to enable some of that), though, as this is a nice option for users with an Ubuntu box at home that they'd like to be able to use and configure their PA.c drive on.

So, yes, at the moment, apps in PortableApps.com Format are indeed Windows only. In the future, we will be supporting multiple platforms, but a large percentage of people will be opting out of that since it triples the size of all apps and most users only use Windows.

But it would still make sense to provide your app in PA.c format. In PA.c format, it can use the Java Portable instance that users install onto their sticks using our automated installer as well (it installs without admin rights and then all your portable Java apps run on any PC even if it has no JVM, OpenOffice.org Portable is already using it). We'll be having all our Java apps sharing this same Java runtime, all without any manual configuration or copying of files at all on a user's part.

Plus, once you're in PA.c Format and have been tested to ensure your app doesn't leave anything behind, you can get listed on our site and exposed to our millions of users.