My memory is failing me, and I haven't been following this thread very
closely (I tend to get a bit lost in all this U3 stuff, since I don't
use Windows anymore). Has anyone actually mentioned that Rev/Linux 2.6.1
runs directly from a common pendrive with no problem at all? No setup.
No
I remember downloading a version of Revolution that ran from a U3 drive.
I was looking for a transportable, secure (protected) way to deliver a
user interface and proprietary database.
It did work (at least for the term of the trial).
Cheers
JohnT
Judy Perry wrote:
Sounds like a job for
Yeah, I need apps that are designed to run around the end line, er,
whatever it's called.
I guess I've got all summer to try to figure it out :-D
As you say, I think I worry about the following:
Traditionally, apps designed for installation on the hard drive may
expect to write a preferences
Judy Perry wrote:
But an app can be designed not to need that stuff, to keep everything on
the drive it's running on. Since Rev standalones are self-contained, as
long as they don't go out of their way to modify the system (prefs
files, registry, etc.) they'll run from any removable media.
portableapps.com always felt like a hack for me. It uses NDIS (or
some other acronym) wrapper to hack around the folders tricking the
enclosed executable to think it is writting to one place when it is
actually writting to someplace else like the removable media folder.
This solves
And there is a BIG difference between USB 1 and 2.. USB 2 can
approach Firewire400 speeds...
Let us go to the important problems (IMHO):
* Removable media is slow. If your app does a lot of file juggling
or is very disk based, you'll see performance penalty, specially if
you're using cheap
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Judy Perry wrote:
But an app can be designed not to need that stuff, to keep everything on
the drive it's running on. Since Rev standalones are self-contained, as
long as they don't go out of their way to modify the system (prefs
files, registry, etc.) they'll run from
J. Landman Gay wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Judy Perry wrote:
...does Rev?
That's a good question. I would imagine RunRev has a U3 version,
and if they've done that much work it's far easier to make one
that'll run on any flash drive. I couldn't find either on the
Download page, though
From a private email I sent to Lynn,
While I know that question wasn't directed at me, I thought I'd chime in
with an answer. I actually found the U3 spec, device and organization
difficult to work with. I started a dialog with them which never finished,
even after repeated requests to them.
Andre Garzia wrote:
And if you're designing your app to be portable from the start, you
don't need U3. You can build your own launcher. You can join the U4
yahoo group and help the efforts.
For those interested in contributing to the development of a universal
flash drive launcher, the U4
Richard Gaskin wrote:
J. Landman Gay wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Judy Perry wrote:
...does Rev?
That's a good question. I would imagine RunRev has a U3 version,
and if they've done that much work it's far easier to make one
that'll run on any flash drive. I couldn't find either
It would be great is someone ended up with a recipe on how to install Rev as
a portableapp. I'd love to have a Mac and PC copy on a Thumbdrive too!
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Thanks, Richard.
I'll have a look for next term.
Judy
On Tue, 15 May 2007, Richard Gaskin wrote:
For apps that are known to be portable, the directory at
PortableApps.com is a good starting point:
http://portableapps.com/apps
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Andre,
Of course, what I'm specifically looking to do (or, rather have my
students do) IS a hack -- of IT's iron-fisted grip on what software that
can be used in the classroom.
I did think about the speed issue... but our network's so crappy that
slow isn't going to strike the students as
Exactly.
In the section on reliability I wanted them to experience programming
writ small by having them make their own little stack that did something
amusing.
But no way, no how is IT going to let us d/l the demo, and my department's
license is only for OS9 :-( And, even if the students
Sounds like a job for office hours
;-)
But, of course, it's the end of the semester now, so I don't have any of
those.
Judy
On Tue, 15 May 2007, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Does it run from a flash drive, or does it require installation on a
hard drive?
Now *I'm* confused. :): I haven't
On 5/13/07, Lynn Fredricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is your experience with portableapps?
While I know that question wasn't directed at me, I thought I'd chime in
with an answer. I actually found the U3 spec, device and organization
difficult to work with. I started a dialog with them
Judy-
Sunday, May 13, 2007, 10:19:08 PM, you wrote:
Hence, I'd like for them to be able to d/l the FileMaker demo and put
together a simple database or two.
I'm not aware of a u3 build of Filemaker. Maybe I've missed an
announcement. But if not, then u3 ain't gonna help you and will just
take
Judy Perry wrote:
So, U3 drives so that I can have students d/o demo's/shareware software
not officially honkey-dorey by our IT folks (which is basically
everything that is NOT MS Office...).
Am I mistaken? Isn't that THE BIG THING about the U3 drives? That you
can run apps off them?
For as
Richard,
Even though I am largely a Mac user, my students and my labs are largely
PC and hence I need ways to get around being locked out of allowing
downloads and installations of demos etc.
U3 *should* let me do that, right?
Judy
On Mon, 14 May 2007, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Judy Perry wrote:
Judy Perry write:
Even though I am largely a Mac user, my students and my labs are largely
PC and hence I need ways to get around being locked out of allowing
downloads and installations of demos etc.
U3 *should* let me do that, right?
ANY removable drive will let you do that.
Whether an
Judy Perry wrote:
I hope you are right... I was just counting on U3 drives for teaching next
fall...
Just curious: Why specifically U3 drives rather than the superset of
all available thumb drives?
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
I actually have three different u3 devices, none of which
work with Vista. I don't consider that much of a loss, but if
I were planning to deploy an app to a u3 platform that would
probably kill my market. A better alternative, as some of the
slashdotters have also noted, is
Hi Richard,
Because I'm at a satellite campus instead of the main campus, especially
that part of the main campus which is composed of computer labs operated
by my department.
So, U3 drives so that I can have students d/o demo's/shareware software
not officially honkey-dorey by our IT folks
Alex Shaw wrote:
sounds like it..
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/2021244from=rss
Thanks for posting that, Alex. Interesting read.
I liked this comment from one of the slashdotters:
Trusted computing isn't about providing an environment you,
the user can trust.
sounds like it..
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/2021244from=rss
No, not exactly - only a transformation in our support for an even larger
entity. Read the original article in Infoweek here
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199501108.
Not
I hope you are right... I was just counting on U3 drives for teaching next
fall...
Judy
On Sat, 12 May 2007, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
sounds like it..
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/2021244from=rss
No, not exactly - only a transformation in our support for an even
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