woensdag, mei 16, 2007
Portable applications
Do you have your browser, email and word processor up your stick? Well, you can... A lot of the open source applications can run as 'portable applications' from a USB memory stick. Imagine you can not only take your data with you, but also your applications. Just stick the USB key into the computer and there you go...
For a list of free 'portable applications', go to http://portableaps.com . The list includes Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice,...
Also the open source LMS Moodle can run from a USB memory stick (that's how I discovered portable apps) as described here in the blog from Pierre Gorissen. The blog is in Dutch, but his screencast on how to install it is in English and you can download a ready-to-go image as well.
For a list of free 'portable applications', go to http://portableaps.com . The list includes Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice,...
Also the open source LMS Moodle can run from a USB memory stick (that's how I discovered portable apps) as described here in the blog from Pierre Gorissen. The blog is in Dutch, but his screencast on how to install it is in English and you can download a ready-to-go image as well.
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