PortableApps.com Suite 1.1 App Inclusion Ideas

I see the adds for high schoolers to get laptops. With the PAM, I don't thinks that's necessary. At any rate:
Internet
*Mozzila FireFox (Maybe- I don't use it much, but some people would like the Idea)
*Mirand IM (its portable, and cross meesenger- let's you run yahoo and hotmail at the same time)
*Keepass- If they're gonna have the internet, they might as well have keepass
*ClaimWin- Personally, I don't use it much, but oh well. It's nice to have a backup
*Mozilla Sunbird (if that's the address book) I suppose would be nice. I check all my email online so I don't need the other.
Functionality
*7-Zip- I tell everyone about it- on the highest self-extraction setting, I shrunk 6. some odd mg down to two.
*OpenOffice 2.2 or current (let's get away from Word- Its evil and overly expensive)
Games
*Mines Perfect Portable- I might figure it out someday
*Sodoku- Everyone plays it- its nice to have a time waster like it handy
Other
*Virtual Magnifying Glass might be nice, so you might as weel include
*Onscreen Keyboard just becuase.
Maybe somebody with time on their hands could write an unistaller for them. Just an Idea

That's what I would say should be in the package. My collection is here but to be honest I probably never use half of them.

One last thing before I sign off this post- may you go have the lite and standard on one page, then link to another page where you could download diffrent packages- like one that's entirely internet, or programing or painting or mix it however.

I started out with the base, then added in. It's how I learned about this stuff.
Maybe we should make it so they have to learn something about the way the program works. The more they learn by figuring it out- the more they want to know.

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those who understand Binary
and Those who don't

I wonder if you ever expected a response like this, John.
As for my 1 cents (because I'm too tired for 2)

I would like to see a "Full" edition that basically combines everything except for similar apps.

Example:
VLC player but not Mplayer (As stated before, VLC plays everything and is even a DVD player).
Open Office but not Abiword.
Pidgin but not MirandaIM.

Everything else should be included.

The only issue I can see in this is choosing between NVU or Kompozer (I use the latter).

Just a thought.

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Is there any way to take that with me? No? Give me 10 minutes... Maybe an hour...

Since 7-Zip is too tricky, how about to add 6-Zip that is on Xenon Portable? It's easier to use, and users won't get confused .

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I was reviewing this threads before posting here:
https://portableapps.com/node/9181
https://portableapps.com/node/6092

I think that it will be very great to support several suites (configurations) for Portable Apps, I was wondering how to build my own suite to distribute it among a group of teachers who want to create educational content.
In a nut shell I was planning to include the following packages:
Portable Apps for educators V 1.0:

• XamppLite Server (wich includes Apache,MySQL, PHPMyadmin)
• Moodle (a wow! Learning Management System)
• A Wiki for content creation(not taken the decision yet, maybe stickywiki, media wiki or tidly wiki)

Portable Apps for educators V 1.x:

• Xampp Server (wich includes Apache,MySQL, PHPMyadmin, Mercury SMTP)
• Moodle (a wow! Learning Management System)
• A Wiki for content creation(not taken the decision yet, maybe stickywiki, media wiki or tidly wiki)
• Thunderbird (to simulate the roles at Moodle)
• Audacity to create Podcasts
• Virtual Dub for some videos

What I'm trying to tell is that a suite strongly depends on the person (profile).
It will be great if we can easily share configurations and packages for portable apps using an update system (maybe an XML or something).
In that way we can quickly build suites for specific profiles e.g.
PApps Suite for teachers, students, scientists, secretary, etc.

Maybe a crazy idea, maybe not!
What do you think?

I use the Lightning add-on for Thunderbird Portable and really like the integration. Plus, it's about 4.5MB in Data\profile\extensions rather than 18MB installed.

Perhaps a consideration for the Light or Standard versions...

<EDIT>
Sorry, I missed the previous comment about the license restricting the inclusion of Lightning with the TB distribution. It would be possible to include a small batch file in the ThunderbirdPortable directory that launches TBP & a browser loaded with a quick HOW-TO linking to one of these URLs:
   http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/download.html
   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313
Not as clean as a bundle, even if you made TB go fetch and install it automatically.
</EDIT>

Other than the inclusion of games in the Light version, I agree with the logic of all of your other suggestions. (PAM does have that handy Options -> "Get More Apps..." menu item...) Just a thought: What about a runonce tooltip balloon, highlighting the Options menu as the place to go to Get or Install new apps?

Thanks. -hea

P.S. You have done an amazing job pulling all of this together! I've been on 1.0b4 for a while now and can't wait to see what wonders you've accomplished with b5 and 1.1. And, yes, I am about to go donated. :-}

It would be nice to see Portable Accounting added to the Suite as alot of people use accounting software GnuCash has been made portable so maybe add it

why not let the user decide using combining something such as the portableapps.com updater so that it downloads latest, easy to update, and more choicey. Then make a parameter that allows self extraction to the portableapps folder.

Here's my contribution:
How about adding a link on the menu to the app directory and/or the beta testing page (put it with the help & search buttons). This would make it simpler for average users to locate more apps and download them.

Even better: What if a small app was made that would read a database of all available apps, then compare it to the ones installed on the user's drive. It could then provide a list of apps that are not yet installed, and if the user wants another app, it would then download the installer with GNU wget. This could have potential. Make it kind of like the windows "Add/Remove programs" thingy, but with more features specific to portableapps. An advanced updater. I'd be willing to persue this... if I ever get free time !

There should be a ultra for users like me with 8GBs, this is my list:

All!!

I would say the best is to get them to integrate the updater with the Base Platform Installer so they can choose what they want to install. We can have some options next to the main list, with preset options like Standard, Ultram, etc.
This is because we are open source, and we give the option to the user. This setup would give the most possible options.

For the base, there are no apps. Nothing much to say here.

For the light version, here is a low-size app list with the main essentials. It's been stripped down as much as possible to have apps everyone will want. I tried to avoid the things most computers already have, like decompression, and video players as much as possible.

Firefox
ClamWin
Thunderbird
Sudoku
Abiword

For the regular one, I thought of the apps I use the most, and that most users will easily catch on to. I feel more inclined to add apps that PC's have, but with limited ability. I also try to pick smaller apps for each use, or use apps that have more than one use.

Firefox
ClamWin
Thunderbird
Sudoku
Abiword
PokerTH
7-Zip
Miranda
MPlayer

For the Ultra one, I still tried to avoid repeat apps, but now I try to give the apps more specific purposes. I am also still trying to avoid apps that the average user may not use or be able to figure out.

Firefox
ClamWin
Thunderbird
Sudoku
PokerTH
7-Zip
Audacity
Jooleem
Task Coach
Eraser
KeePass
OpenOffice
Sunbird
Pidgin

And lastly, I decided for a Teche menu, for those who know what their doing to handle the complex apps, and have many needs to satisfy. (Edit: Actually, I think it should be called the Geek Menu. :D)

Notepad++
KompoZer
DosBox
PokerTH
Sudoku
GIMP
FileZilla
FireFox
ThunderBird
Pidgin
PuTTY
WinSCP
Audacity
BonkEnc
VLCMedia
GNUCash
Sunbird
OpenOffice
FDFTK
Task Coach
ClamWin
Command Prompt
Eraser
InfaRecorder
Toucan
WinDirStat
WinMd5Sum
WinMerge

I thought about these choices for a while, and I hope they help

Should we get this going again now that we have some more apps out and the release candidate looking almost ready to go?

Maybe a new topic since no one likes two pages?