General Discussion

I've been thinking about how we can make things easier on getting new developers on board, since there's more and more interest. So, what I'm thinking is we'll do a couple things. First, we'll make it easier to host new apps on the SF project. Second, we'll let the release techs be able to post these new apps. At the moment, Ryan and Marko are release techs (in addition to me).

I am totally new to all of these, so if I sound ignorant that is because I am. The main reasons that I want to download the portable apps to my pocket hard drive is because I do not wish to inadvertently be infected with virus and spywares from the Internet, and because I often need to use the computer in the local libraries and I do not wish to leave traces of my personal info there. Please bear with me. I have several dumb questions to ask you:

While I have a working package of Damn Small Linux in PortableApps.com Format that doesn't have an extra command line window ready to go, the QEMU included with DSL has a closed library (FMOD for sound) which means that it doesn't qualify as Free Software and, thus, can't be hosted on SourceForge.

So, I'm looking for someone who can recompile it without FMOD. If that means no sound, that's fine for now.

QEMU is written in C and compiled with GCC.

I just noticed this.
On SourceForge, PortableApps.com is listed as the #38 downloaded project of all time!

http://sourceforge.net/top/topalltime.php?type=downloads

Congratulations to John and I hope we make #1 soon
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Ryan McCue

Upon reading some discussions I seen some mentioning of including freeware / shareware portable apps. I would vote against including it to the applications pages for several reasons:

- Other sites already doing this
- Freeware could always switch license or restrict usage somehow
- Open Source more likely to keep support

Hello? Is this compeny gon bust or what?
There has been no change of apps till LAST MOUTH!!!
If there is eny one there please realpy.

P.S. The web site looks so old and borry, plaese, plaese, plaese can you make it cool and f**ky man!!! (red was so last year)

Matt

I did a search and from what I read, it appears that there really isn't anything viable at this point for PortableApps in Linux. Could someone confirm this for me? If I'm wrong, I'd love a link to a working distro

Also, I am in a situation where I have to go from Windows on a Desktop to Ubuntu on a laptop, back to Linux on another desktop. Is it conceivable that using the same stick I could do this (assuming that there is indeed a linux distro working?)

hey i just wanted 2 know the email address portable apps uses to send emails

Hi,
After installing The portable apps suite on 2 different usb drives I have noticed a TREMENDOUS slowdown on both. Just deleting files takes forever. Under device manager both drives seem to be using General USB as opposed to enhanced usb. What gives and how can I remedy the situation.

Everything installed fine but now if I want to install or delete apps or files it takes ridiculously long. Open Office portable takes 2 hours to install.

I was having problems with one of my usb drives, and while searching for a tool to test it with, I stumbled something called USB Memory Stick Tester, which claims to be able to test usb drives for errors.

http://usbmst.sourceforge.net/

It looks like it hasn't been updated in a few years, and before I go and use it I was wondering if anybody has heard of or used it.