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Ext3 and ntfs working together?

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Submitted by danielsen2009 on May 3, 2008 - 8:35pm

I am using a 250gig external to run Ubuntu 8.04, I set aside 10 gigs for my Ubuntu ext3 partition, 1 gig for the swap and the rest is ntfs for transferring between windows and Ubuntu. I use portable applications from here and I use a lot of the same application in windows and on Linux. I didn't want to use wine to run my applications since I have more stable version designed for Ubuntu. So i was wondering if the application roots (where they store their settings and data) could be changed to the same one?

Scribus

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Submitted by digitxp on May 3, 2008 - 6:52pm

I know Ryan did this, and that's why I'm posting this. I've started doing more ad-type projects in SS, and my copy of M$ Publisher is broken, so I started looking for an open source version I can portableize. I found Scribus, but Ryan already did this, but that prerelease was a long time ago. I'm wondering about the status of it. (We definitely need to get the pre-releases out.)

Portable Bible Software

Submitted by tedreed66 on May 3, 2008 - 2:28pm

I have successfully used the FREE Berean Bible software on my thumb drives on several different computers with OS's ranging from WIN ME to WIN VISTA. The site is offering a new version that includes a "max setup" of ASV, BBE, ESV, NKJV, KJV, and WEB (about 7.5 mb) translations of the Holy Bible! Individual translations can be downloaded and installed too.
It is a no frills basic software, with word search, and i love it!

http://www.berbible.org/

Are these portable?

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Submitted by spaztastic on May 2, 2008 - 2:05am

I know that there are a few in the list but I am unable to install each one separately and use RegShot to check if they are portable. Does anyone know if these are portable? They are all Open Source Freeware games. I have provided links to their respective page on Wikipedia. You can find a link to the homepage of each program on the Wiki page.

Allegiance - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegiance_%28computer_game%29
Crack Attack! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_Attack%21
Crossfire - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossfire_%28computer_game%29

Dev Permissions

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Submitted by horusofoz on May 1, 2008 - 10:18pm

Hey Guys

I was wondering how is it that you request permission from a freeware developer to have his app portablised. I just sent a message to rocket division asking if StarBurn could be portabalised and afterwards realized I was an idiot because there is probably a forml process one must adhere to. Thats why I'm writing this to ask if anyone can tell me what are the steps.

Many thanks Smile

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