General Discussion

This was posted before (https://portableapps.com/node/10981#comment-62631), but I think it may have been overlooked as it does not appear on the PortableApps.com In The News page.

Let me qualify my question, before the guffaws, begin.

While I have used computers since the late '80's I have never used portable apps or burned video files to cd or DVD. It is evident even to me the value they now express in our mobile lives.

I have an aging, partially blind mother and other friends that can only read with the aid of projectors/enlargers of books. They all have a love of reading and it is heart rending to see their loss.

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I have just got a new 32gb corsair drive to replace my 8gb one. I want to store all my programmes and documents on it and have some room to spare. As i work freelance it is a lot easier to carry than a laptop.

Does anyone have any tips for setting it up before i start to copy the file over?

i.e a true crypt partition.
formatting?

etc

Thanks

Hi all!
A few days ago somebody (an owner of site which provides users with a hosted popup note application for their websites) inquired if I could make a branded version of PNotes that he would be able to provide to his customers. He asked me about rules and restrictions of GPL. I'm also not a expert, but I answered him that application should remain open source and he has to provide his customers with GPL license and ability to obtain the program source code. It seems that he agrees with these conditions. Are there other restrictions I don't remember?

I'm certainly low on the tech pole so I generally need things spelled out to me very clearly. Sorry. I am trying to run a game in Portableapps' FireFox that requires Java. I would like to have it on my USB so I can play it at work (which doesn't allow Java on the comps). Can this happen so it can solely run off of my flash drive? And if so, how?

Thanks for any help!!!!

Evening all,

I'm still trying to troubleshoot this issue, but thought I would pass along a heads-up.

Hi,

Is there a way to auto-start the PortableApps menu on a usb thumb drive when inserting it into the computer?

Thanks

I don't know where else to post this and tried to search for related postings but was unable to find anything...

I decided to reorganise the "Current Projects" page on Ryan's development wiki, which some of us use, and I added a section for Launcher only apps. Since the development releases page on PortableApps doesn't have a section for launcher only's, anyone that has released a launcher only app might want to post it here.
I went through the first few pages in the Beta forums and added four apps, just to get it started.

HERE is the list of Launcher-Only releases.