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portableapps:start [2012/02/04 21:09] – [Opera] Malcolm Austen | portableapps:start [2012/02/05 20:03] – [TotalCommander] Malcolm Austen | ||
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====== PortableApps ====== | ====== PortableApps ====== | ||
- | This is in the process of being written for a presentation to the Oxfordshire FHS Computer Group meeting on Monday 6 February 2012. It is an update and expansion upon the session I ran at the [[: | + | This is in the process of being written for a presentation to the [[http:// |
===== Your Computer on a memory stick ===== | ===== Your Computer on a memory stick ===== | ||
- | PortableApps is an application launcher system (essentially a second 'start menu') that runsfrom | + | PortableApps is an application launcher system (essentially a second 'start menu') that runs from a USB device - this can be a memory stick or a real hard disk. |
- | ==== ==== | + | //It can be run from any drive (not just a USB drive), I have my netbook' |
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- | (It can be run from any drive (not just a USB drive), I have my netbook' | + | |
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Why would you want to run applications from a USB drive? | Why would you want to run applications from a USB drive? | ||
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This is a PDF reader. You might also like to look at the Sumatra App with some people (OK, Alan Simpson!) prefer. | This is a PDF reader. You might also like to look at the Sumatra App with some people (OK, Alan Simpson!) prefer. | ||
- | === GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program === | + | === GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) === |
This is a free photo editing program. It has loads of functionality but I hessitate to com,pare it to Photoshop mainly because its user interface is so unlike Photoshop. GIMP clearly displays it origins in the Unix & X-windows world. | This is a free photo editing program. It has loads of functionality but I hessitate to com,pare it to Photoshop mainly because its user interface is so unlike Photoshop. GIMP clearly displays it origins in the Unix & X-windows world. | ||
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==== TotalCommander ==== | ==== TotalCommander ==== | ||
+ | This is a file manager, yes, another one. Strictly, it's not free - it's ' | ||
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+ | The main TotalCommander page is at http:// | ||
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+ | ==== MailStore Home ==== | ||
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+ | ... | ||
===== Family History programs ===== | ===== Family History programs ===== | ||
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==== Gramps ==== | ==== Gramps ==== | ||
+ | This is well known in the Linux world but there is a windows version and a Portable version as well. I am not an expert on its use, indeed I've barely used it. Still, it's free and worth a try if you want something you can carry on a memory stick. | ||
==== GenViewer ==== | ==== GenViewer ==== | ||
+ | GenViewer - http:// | ||
==== Roots Magic ==== | ==== Roots Magic ==== | ||
+ | This is something I'm not exactly familiar with but RootsMagic can export itself and date in a RootsMagicToGo form on a USB drive. Another option for adding your family history to your Portable environment. | ||
===== And then PediTree ===== | ===== And then PediTree ===== | ||
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pedigree | pedigree | ||
- | On a 64 but Windows 7 system that won't work but Colin' | + | On a 64 bit Windows 7 system that won't work but Colin' |
Before going further, check whether your pedigree folder includes the file dpmi16bi.ovl and if it is not there you should follow Colin' | Before going further, check whether your pedigree folder includes the file dpmi16bi.ovl and if it is not there you should follow Colin' |
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