General Discussion

I was just wondering if any Portable Apps work on a CD.

I have assembled a free and/or open-source software CD that I pass out to people with a large number of Windows applications, many of the same ones available at PortableApps.com. I thought it might be a neat idea to have a "Live" version of some of these programs available on the CD so people can test the programs without having to install them first.

Some of the programs probably wouldn't make much sense to run as a Portable App off a CD (ones that require lots of personal settings, like Gaim, Miranda or Thunderbird, along with a f

I found this cool little application to make PC-to-PC calls from my thumb drive. Unfortunately you have to have know the IP address of the computer you are calling, and the other party must have this application running on their end to to receive calls. It's pretty neat though because it's so small and it really does well with low bandwidth connections! Here is the download site http://www.vitez.it/picophone/

As many of you may know I am the project lead of Profile Sync, PortaLog and MiniUp. However I have recently built all of this functionality and more into Libertà. Therefore I am planning to end all of these projects on Moday 8th May 2006. If you have any good reasons why I sohuld not please comment below.

Steve

Hi, this is my first post, even if i use portable suite for months, and i visit the site daily.

I just want to ask, which are the applications that are to be released (as portable) in the next weeks, or months?

And when will be ready, the next beta of the suite.

Tnx. Keep up the good work.

I have had interest from multiple people and now one developer about Saferfox.
Saferfox is a failed project that never got started. It was designed to be a portable extension for parental control.
If I can get a few more developers, we can get underway.

Hey everyone.

Earlier I had some trouble with the fact I wanted my USB HDD Mounted at on every PC I used (several). With some handy tips from the folks on this board and a little bit of research and some practice, I've made a simple batch file that does this for me, that I put into an autorun file. I would like to share this, as well as the other file used ( a link to it) which was shared with me.

My Solution:

With the ReMount utility from http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbstick_e.html...
(It's a bit down the page.)
Direct link: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/remount.zip
(not sure if the direct link is okay, if not I'll edit, just tell me.)

John,

I think things would be smoother for you if you could disable the post comment link on the pages that you post a Story. You are getting support questions in those stories.

It would also help those looking for support in a particular forum later.

EDIT:
For Example:
https://portableapps.com/news/2006-05_03_-_portable_firefox_1.5.0.3_rele...

I've begun the process of localizing the non-multilingual apps with a post of what needs to be translated in the portable apps development section. As I'm looking for non-developer help to fully realize this, I'm making a post in the general forums as well. If anyone would like to help, please jump right in and follow the instructions in the thread.

Localization Part 1:
https://portableapps.com/node/1731

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=80811

Install Ubuntu v5.10 to USB Drive! Works on Flash Drives and HDDs.

I just installed this, and the tutorial was great. Very easy to follow.
I now have ubuntu on my USB HDD, and a 60GB FAT32 Partition for Shared use between it and Windows Boxes (had to customize the partitions, just resize). I've booted from a couple of machines, and it worked on both. I write this from inside ubuntu.

How does this relate to portable apps? Install wine and you can use many of them. I know have a whole system with me, usable in school as 'Nix or on Windows Boxes.

I'm looking for a whopper (2GB+) U3 drive that's fast and works well with John's PortableApps. Anyone have any suggestions?