General Discussion

I'm not sure if anyone else has done this but here goes.

I travel a lot and like the idea of a USB key to give me some feeling of security when I'm working on a public computer. I've used PortableApps for the last few the years to work on foreign computers. I recently switched to PCLinuxOS (6 months now) and that has become my OS of choice. Using Linux requires booting the device with the USB key in it but some computers don't allow that.

My home network has a NAS device (Buffalo Link Station). When I install portable apps to this network share, everything works, except that when running any programm, including the menu, Windows XP always complains and tells me that "The publisher could not be verified" and asks if I really want to run this program.

This extra step is just plain irritating. Is there any way to turn this off?

- Ivar

Can i install my u3 apps on the PortableApps Suite

Ok first thing is first,
I have searched the forum for a good anti-virus,but i can't really find one, here is what i really want:

*-Something like Kaspersky, but portable and run off a USB, It should prompt before letting anything in to the pendrive,(true that some pendrive has lock, which write-protects the USB, but mine doesn't)

-It should be stable, no beta or anything that isn't really developed.

-Something that has a great GUI

*-something Free

Giving more importance to points marked with *

I've come to depend on my flash drive and PortableApps a lot, and lifetime of the drive has become an issue. They don't last forever, ya know. And now I need to buy a larger one.

I haven't been able to find any info on the relative quality or expected lifetime of the flash drives from the various manufacturers. Is there a difference in lifetime? Is there a "best" flash drive I can buy for reliability? Is there a brand I should avoid?

Is it possible to assign a drive letter to a usb...drive and have it been the same on each pc?

I've written an analysis on the viability of .NET-based software as portable apps. It analyzes the compatibility issues between different versions of the framework and which operating systems it's bundled with. It also includes a handy chart so you can easily see what .NET versions to appear where.
http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/dotnet_portable_apps/

CCleaner 2 is now out (beta version) and is portable. Just install it to your flash drive, run the program, tell it to save options to an .ini file. It installs the following files:

ccleaner.exe
winapp.ini
winreg.ini
winsys.ini

I wanted to start a discussion about the upcoming theming component in the PortableApps.com Menu/Platform. As a few people know, there are some options we're considering for it.

Theme Packaging - Zip

I am signed up for the newsletter, but I have never received it. I check my spam folder (both on the gmail site and in Thunderbird) but it never shows up there.

I was wondering if it is because Gmail is deleting it before I can check it there or if it was something else.