On 25/02/2008, Elf & Dmitryi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Portable Apps allow running everything off the flash drive and have the > app/user data saved on the flash drive, too. So basically it's what it > says - e. g. Firefox is portable on a flash drive with all the > bookmarks, history and settings. A properly set-up flash drive with all > the portable apps doesn't require one ever touches the regular Windows > nightmare. As a flash drive is usually formatted to FAT, it doesn't > require any permission checks (under Windows, only NTFS supports user > permissions). > > Portable Opera can also be set up to run cacheless (caching to RAM > only) or write its cache to the system's temporary directory. That > speeds up flash drive operation somewhat (more of an issue with older, > slower flash drives). > > Same about Linux live CDs - both Knoppix and MCN Live could be booted > off a flash drive AND save user's home directory and configuration to > the flash drive (also supported when booting off a live CD - there's a > CD switch for scanning for stored config/homedir).
Actually, if he's got his own machine, then he can install the portableapps applications locally, without a flash drive. It's much faster that way, in fact, at the university I copy portable firefox to the machine I'm sitting at and then erase it when I leave. I recommend portable Open Office and mplayer as well. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?