Well, I thought I had plugged this site before. I guess I didn’t, so I will do so now. Since moving back to Linux — and did I mention that it really feels good to be back — I have been setting up my keydrive to be my portable lifeline. Something that gives me all the tools I need to access the things I have at home. Things like an X Windows server, or an SSH client, or DOSBox for when I am bored, or OpenOffice, or Gimp, etc… You get the idea. Well, finding apps that were specifically built for portability (i.e. they don’t leave tracks in your registry) was a challenge.

But, as with most things in the computer world, if there is one certainty it is that you are not alone in your troubles. Enter Portable Apps, a great site that has put together a collection of popular apps that run portably on a keydrive. They even have a Launcher app to give you an interface right from the Systray. So, now, when I’m stuck on a Winders machine, as long as I have my keydrive, I’m not isolated from my box at home. :) YAY! Check em out!