General Discussion

I use portableapps two years ago, and I think it is the most useful tool that I have used. But since several months ago some portableapps don't work in "some computers", In fact both clamwin and pnotes just start in my home pc. I can't understand what happen?, maybe the antivirus?

Thanks in advance.

So with the first pre-release of Toucan 2.0.4 out in the beta testing forums I am now looking at features for the next version. One of the things that irks me the most about the current version is the manual, it is difficult to use and it hasn't kept up with the lastest features.

So here is my question to you the community, are there any help files or manuals for a program that you really like? The more links the better! I shall download and have a look at as many as possible before diving into creating a new manual for Toucan, so your input will make a huge difference.

ok every is wanting something from the suite that could be done if we made a shell program now there are a few commercial versions on the market however most require integration as an explorer replacement here is my proposal is it possible to make a shell that:

Linux on USB Harddrive or Stick ist realy easy to mak see 1 link!!!! This Pages are in English. I Think this is nice when we can add it to the PAS Page.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ubuntu-810-install-using-the-built-in-usb-i...
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
http://www.linuxusbstick.de/

sry my English is bad grezz Makthor

Is your offer still good? If so could you include PSFTP in PuTTY Portable?

[Topic clarified by mod Tim]

Have any of you see this?

http://osuosl.org/

Oregon State University has an open source lab!!

I am looking for a directory printer that is open source and hopefully portable although it is not necessary. I found a really good one, Directory Lister, but unfortunately it is shareware. I've used it and really like all the options for output that it had as well as its configurability. I was wondering if there is something available that somebody has used and could recommend.

If this belongs in another forum please feel free to move it.

I was running my Windows 98 Pentium II machine (trust me, it wasn't ready to edit video as well as I'd like) and needed an upgrade to a Vista box. I use WinXP on a very regular basis with no problems whatsoever, but Vista was the huge downer that everyone said it would be.

A contradicted remark in one thread about flash drive speed vs capacity, and another about hardware encryption, made me think I don't know enough about flash drives as hardware.

Can anybody recommend sites that analyze the drives themselves?

ps Also, somewhat trivially, I wondered if having a few apps each on smaller drives would run faster; and then realized what all this reminds me of: the good old VIC 20 & cart-based computing!:]

Yes, I'm having fun yet!:]

I'm a lot more likely to misplace a flashdrive than a desktop computer or laptop, so I got interested in the various security wares different drive makers supply.

Very quickly I found that (at least for one major encryption program) mistakenly yanking the drive prematurely corrupts the secure folder and causes a world of problems. A dumb but easy way to lose vital data.

Also, I wonder if antivirus & firewall programs can do their job properly on files within an encrypted folder. Do they get scanned as they 'emerge'?