Re: [OT] Goodbye Debian
On 25/02/2008, Elf & Dmitryi <sidhechapel@prodigy.net.mx> 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
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