alessandro rimoldi wrote: > hi > > > >>> Someone at work is wanting to use Scribus on her Windows computer at >>> home. Unfortunately she has a dialup connection and the download >>> won't work. >>> >>> 1. Is it possible for me to download from Sourceforge and put it on >>> a CD for her? Will that work? >>> 2. Is it possible to run Scribus from a CD? This might allow her to >>> use it at work, where the computers won't allow users to install >>> software. >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> >> USB stick will probably work much better. I personally use >> portableapps.com to give a nice little launch menu. I don't think >> scribus has been packaged for their setup yet, but there's an easy >> workaround as long as no registry entries are required. >> >> Here's what I do(tested with Inkscape) >> 1. Install portableapps, just the 1MB version with the menu is enough. >> 2. Install your app on a machine, then copy the app folder(probably in >> C:Program File) to the usb drive, putting the folder under the >> portableapps folder on the usb drive. Any exe in the top level of the >> of this folder will show up on the menu once you refresh. >> >> Speed will be significantly faster as long as you have usb 2.0, and >> you can keep files on it. Plus I'm not sure if scribus has any config >> files that get modified, if so you'd need the writable media. >> > > there is that portable scribus project.... it's not supported by the scribus > team, but it may solve your problem... > I'm going to try this on my own. Sounds the like CD is easy. Want to see if installing on and using from a USB stick is challenging in any way.
Greg
