Enjoy the Portable Apps Suite
Now we can enjoy all our favorite desktop application in a portable way. PortableApps.com, provides convenient, open and free portable applications that can run in your flash drive, iPod, memory card, portable hard drive, etc. with all your saved personal settings, bookmarks, etc. in it.
The Portable Apps Suite™ created by John T. Haller, a community site devoted to the development, promotion and use of portable applications. John T. Haller is a developer behind numerous portable applications (like Portable Firefox and Portable OpenOffice.org) as a way to centralize the knowledge and development efforts of multiple portable application efforts.
So, what is portable apps? You can look here for a detailed description of the suite - a great portable suite. So, what applications are included?
PortableApps Suite (Standard Edition): ClamWin Portable (antivirus), Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (web browser), Gaim Portable (instant messaging), OpenOffice.org Portable (office suite), Sudoku Portable (puzzle game), Mozilla Sunbird - Portable Edition (calendar/task manager) and Mozilla Thunderbird - Portable Edition (email client) and runs comfortably from a 512MB drive.
PortableApps Suite (Lite Edition): Uses AbiWord Portable (word processor) instead of OpenOffice.org Portable and runs comfortably from a 256MB drive.
PortableApps Suite (Base Edition): If you’d like to pick and choose exactly which apps to include, you can try Portable Apps Suite (Base Edition). This is a stripped down package with just the PortableApps Menu, PortableApps Backup utility and custom folders, icons and autorun. It’s less than 1MB installed, so it’s a great option for smaller drives.
This is just really cool! Kudos to the creator, John T. Haller.
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