It would be nice for tcl to be present at PortableApps, to raise awareness for a broader group of people, say with some of the games for a start.
Lupo PenSuite or Portable Freeware Collection. There are similar websites for such portable software, e.g.
is gaining much popularity, and more apps rapidly. Note that this is true also for 'plain' starkits etc. software that can be copied somewhere, and run from there) from being included in, and distributed with the portableapps-collection. This is sort of an obstacle, because it prevents 'native portable' programs (i.e. There is a specification for the format of the file- and directory-layout, as well as operating behavior of portable apps, and its installer. Side effect: lots of space wasted for duplicates of common files like dlls. Even if a lot of those applications are also available for Linux or Mac, there is no "portable" equivalent yet.Īll those programs put everything necessary for running them into their own directory, so they can be installed and uninstalled independantly at any time.
So, "Portable" in the sense that such software can be carried around, plugged into any computer and used there without needing to install it there. there are portable versions of OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Filezilla, GIMP, Pidgin, Virtualdub. HJG : PortableApps is a collection of software that can be installed on an USBstick (see USB Portable Environment ).
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