General Discussion

Alot of threads I've seen on this board have ended with the general statement "we only support OSS not freeware. Comeback when its OSS."

While this is great for the development and management of the official suite of portableapps, it would be nice to have a handy index of freeware apps that dont have a OSS solution available.

I have a few pharmacy programs for a pocket pc that would be great to carry around on the thumb drive. so is there any portable apps program that can emulate pocketpc or winmobile? thanks for any info, GD

Is there a portable apps organizer like outlook or something that could sync with yahoo calendar and notes? thanks for any info, GD

I would like to know when are they going to update the PortableApps Menu?

Please!!!! Stop asking for portable operating systems. all of us regular users of this site are sick and tired of seeing the constant in flow of portable os requests. for one, we already have a portable operating system (not developed by us) called Mac-On-Stick. second, a truely portable operating system is already in the works and will be done when it is done!

so once again, Please stop asking.

Me again, the forensic therapist computer ignoramus...

If it is not possible/practical/legal (i've read all three options here) to create a truly portable XP or other flavor of Windows, then perhaps someone could devise a way to securely erase any traces left behind if one boots XP from USB.

I've started on a comparison page for PortableApps at http://cubegames.net/development/compare
From what I've been able to see, everything should be correct, but the page needs to be fleshed out with some better descriptions. The format is based on http://htmlpurifier.org/comparison.html

Anyone care to help out?

Howdy all, I just wanted to inform the community of the changes that have occurred in the PortableApps.com IRC support channel, #portableapps on irc.freenode.net.

As discussed previously by Ryan, there are 3 main 'positions' we've set up; Operators, Gurus, and DeMos.

Operators have full channel access, and have the most 'authority' in the channel.

Gurus are members who hang in the channel often are and typically helpful in providing support to users as well as managing the channel.

Will you still use Portable Firefox 2?

Let me preface my question by noting that I am a psychotherapist, not a computer guru. I'm married to a PhD in computer science but his area is quantum information theory and that offers little in the way of help.

My question: Is it possible to develop an XP-type operating system that will run truly portable? I.e. leave no traces on the computer when it is shut down? If so, is anyone working on that? Status?

Thanks for any advice you can give.