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rcfreak0
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| Well, I was wondering if anyone had some good ideas of portable apps to put on it. I was hoping for some apps that wont leave any temp files on the host computer. Any suggestions or sites would be appricatied, Thanks!. |
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AlienCC
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| Posted: 19 Dec 2008 08:36:43 pm Post subject: |
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I would just put programs and files that you use and find useful on it.
This is a great resource for portable apps:
http://portableapps.com/ |
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Harrierfalcon
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2008 10:20:42 am Post subject: |
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AlienCC's got it on the nose.
That site's got a lot of good open-source stuff, like Firefox, GIMP, Audacity, among others. None of them leave temp files on the host computer.
They also seem to get around blockers on the host computer, as my teacher says that we aren't supposed to be able to run executables from a flash drive but I can.
IMHO, Firefox's advantage over IE and Opera is that it's got a modular framework for addons and such--which is completely useless if you have no addons. The computers at my school have only the basic Firefox, which is OK, but you can install addons to that portable Firefox that stay with you forever  .
Certain apps also have a portable mode, as well--check the documentation or look through the options for it. |
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darkstone knight
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2008 10:35:24 am Post subject: |
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i just installed portable firefox on my usb flash drive
it runs faster than IE on my crappy 2003 PC...  |
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benryves
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2008 10:36:56 am Post subject: |
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Obligatory Raymond Chen link. ;)
Harrierfalcon wrote: IMHO, Firefox's advantage over IE and Opera is that it's got a modular framework for addons and such--which is completely useless if you have no addons. IE is very much extensible, with a range of useful addons like developer tools, ad blockers or mouse gestures.
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Galandros
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2008 10:41:45 am Post subject: |
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/me looks at Galandros pen drive...
- A synchronization program. (Tucan or always sync and go)
- Firefox portable
- Pidgin portable for msn, aim and all that.
- Screen shooting
- a temp files and registry cleaner (even without some administrator rights) I find it useful to speed up pcs of friends
- 7-zip portable --> very nice to see also .rar and .tar files
- If you like multimedia: VLC Media Player
- A antivirus. (clamWin) I haven't tested well that. I may see in a public pc I know has virus...
- OpenOffice =D
- z80asmide. yes it can be portable (but not the definitions, windows)
- a kind of notepad
Here some nice sites for that:
http://portableapps.com/apps/
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-...le-programs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_software
http://www.lupopensuite.com/
http://www.winpenpack.com/main/download.php (italian, I can read something of italian, after all is derived from latin  )
oh and I have more but aren't as good as those. Is this enough?
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rcfreak0
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2008 04:02:38 pm Post subject: |
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| yes, I would say thats good. Thanks you guys, I now have a jump drive full of nice apps, portableapps was by far the best, but some of Galandros links were good also. Thanks again. |
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benryves
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2008 05:57:28 pm Post subject: |
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| On a related note, am I the only person who really dislikes calling these apps "portable"? Software portability is a well-established topic and is completely unrelated to "being able to run software off a flash drive". :\ |
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thornahawk
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| Posted: 26 Dec 2008 11:21:22 am Post subject: |
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http://www.portablefreeware.com/ lists nifty software to put on a USB drive.
Seeing that you don't want to leave traces of you behind on computers you use, may I also recommend IE Privacy Keeper?
Personally, in addition to Firefox and Foxit Portable (for reading PDF files), I also have Notepad++ on my USB drive.
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Chasney913
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| Posted: 30 Dec 2008 09:19:48 pm Post subject: |
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I have Firefox, Chrome, Foxit (I think), Notepad++ as well.
I also have Process Explorer and Resouce Hacker, and an AutoHotkey compiler, too.
They're pretty handy. |
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