I'm already currently testing it. I'm writing this from Portable Firefox. I just plug in my external drive (with quite a few of the portable apps loaded) and go. It actually seems to work very well so far. :-)
Regards, Don On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 18:24, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi :) > Sorry i couldn't help there. Some people have some really weird ideas! > Chrome > is more controversial but at least it's faster. Sometimes there is too > much > risk of losing what you already have. I used the tactic you are planning > on one > time at least and it worked out fairly well. It might be good to test the > portable apps thing in advance if you can. > > Good luck and regards from > Tom :) > > > > ________________________________ > From: Don Parris <parri...@gmail.com> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Wed, 7 September, 2011 22:24:55 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can Libre Office be installed on an > external > drive. ? > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 20:13, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi :) > > It might be worth contacting the IT Staff that are going to install the > > systems > > and make the point that your work requires using specialist software or > > something or that you prefer using Firefox because it's safer and faster > > than > > Internet Explorer and you feel the same way about Office. > > > > > > It takes a lot of luck to find the right angle but it would be great if > you > > could get Firefox and LibreOffice installed alongside whatever they are > > told to > > force you to use. Firefox has built a strong reputation for being > > low-maintance > > and popular so the IT guys might be happy to let you install that and > then > > LibreOffice is "similar" but just not as famous yet. Perhaps other > people > > at > > work might be happy to join in kicking up a fuss about getting Firefox on > > their > > machines too. > > > > I had Firefox before my co-worker - with whom I have to share the work > computer - blew it away because the IT guy standing over his shoulder told > him it was "illegal". Mind you, they gave everyone Chrome, so we can use > that. I have kept OOo/LO thus far, but the future is bringing changes I > don't like. I have been a fairly active advocate, even if I have been a > little quiet the last couple years. > > The portable will probably have to suffice in my case. But trust me, where > I can, I do advocate, implement, use and teach about libre software. > > I have subscribed to the documentation list, and plan to eventually start > helping with editorial/writing tasks. I've got a busy period coming up, > but > should be able to contribute a little something looking toward October. > > Regards, > Don > > -- > > > D.C. Parris, FMP, LEED AP O+M, ESL Certificate > Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Free Software Advocate > https://www.xing.com/profile/Don_Parris | > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcparris > GPG Key ID: F5E179BE > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- D.C. Parris, FMP, LEED AP O+M, ESL Certificate Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Free Software Advocate https://www.xing.com/profile/Don_Parris | http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcparris GPG Key ID: F5E179BE -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
