With the torrent of nasty software that Windows gets thrown at it, a lot of administrators don't like you running apps from external sources - so check the rules first. Just a quick word of warning - if you are going to be using these apps on a public computer, please check that the rules under which you're allowed to use that computer don't prohibit running applications from elsewhere. Anything that Windows can see and you can drop files onto will work. Some form of portable storage device - a USB flash drive, an iPod, or even a removable hard drive.A computer running a fairly recent version of Windows (you don't even need admin rights, so it should work on most public computers).Or, if your day-to-day life puts you in front of a Mac, check out the OS X Portable Applications project that has the same idea.Īnyway, let's get on with this Windows version for now. If you come across a Linux box, you're lucky and it will probably already have most of these apps.
What they've essentially done is taken some of the top cross-platform apps and thinned them down and made them portable, so you can install them to any removable storage device and they'll work on any computer running Windows. You can then plug in and run your favourite Free applications on any Windows machine.Īll this is possible thanks to the extraordinary people at. Today's FOSSwire tutorial actually comes to you from the world of Windows, where I'm going to be showing you how you can grab some of the top cross-platform free/open source software and take it with you wherever you go.
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