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Can PortableApps do what XTraPC can do?

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March 26, 2017 - 7:13pm
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Can PortableApps do what XTraPC can do?

Can PortableApps do what XTraPC can do? Boot from the USB? https://www.xtra-pc.com/

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March 26, 2017 - 7:29pm
John T. Haller
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Different, You can do that yourself for free

All that is is a lightweight Linux distro configured to be bootable from USB. You can configure one yourself for free. It won't be Windows, though, so it won't work the same or be able to run most of your Windows apps (some if you install Wine). And it won't work on many PCs without reconfiguration as most PCs seem to be configured not to support booting from USB by default these days.

Side note: This may be a spam post rather than a genuine inquiry as this account was registered specifically to post this comment. Happily, our forum is configured with nofollow on all external links, so the site gains nothing from doing this.

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March 26, 2017 - 8:30pm
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$25

In that it costs $25 it definitely sounds like a SPAM posting.

But Linux is free so I don't understand the price.

And FWIW I boot Linux USB drives on new and old pcs, UEFI and BIOS machines, using a free Linux system known as Porteus.

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