Now that we got the philisophical and the technical aspects out of the way, lets take a look at some USB drive goodies!
The list of applications that I carry on my USB drive is long and varied. They also change quite frequently because I am always on the lookout for better applications.I have listed below the applications that I am presently using on my USB drive. All of the program descriptions have been copied directly from the application’s website. I do not include any of the custom applications that I have written if I have not made them available as freeware. I will be adding them to the list as I get around to putting them on the Internet.
I will also be updating this list often so please checking back regularly or sign up for change notification at the bottom of the page.
Development
i.Hex
i.Hex is a small and free graphical Hex Editor for Windows.
Little Install Builder
Builds application installers with a very small footprint.
Patcher
Lets you create a “patch” from two like files. It may be useful for developers, who distribute a new version of their software.
UPX GUI
This UPX GUI ( working with UPX version 1.25w ) has a simple one-button operation, using the recommended two best settings with automatic comparison, and supports drag and drop for easy use.
XN Resource Editor
XN Resource Editor is a free, powerful, fully featured resource editor and PE module explorer for Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Internet
FileZilla
FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface.
PmWiki
PmWiki is a wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites.
PmWiki pages look and act like normal web pages, except they have an “Edit” link that makes it easy to modify existing pages and add new pages into the website, using basic editing rules. You do not need to know or use any HTML or CSS. Page editing can be left open to the public or restricted to small groups of authors.
Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition
Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.
Portable Skype
A portable version of the popular VoIP application Skype.
Portable Thunderbird
Portable Thunderbird is the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your email, address book and account settings with you. You can also get it with GPG and Enigmail preconfigured to encrypt and sign your email.
Quick ‘n Easy FTP Server Lite
Quick ‘n Easy FTP Server Lite is a special version of our award winning FTP server, specially created for beginners who do not need all the advanced features of the professional version.
XAMPP Lite
XAMPP Lite is a very reduced version of XAMPP with Apache 2.2.2 + PHP 5.1.4 (without PEAR) + MySQL 5.0.21 + phpMyAdmin 2.8.1 + Openssl 0.9.8b + SQLite 2.8.15 + eAccelerator 0.9.5 beta2. For lovers! For the lite versions exist no upgrades or addons. XAMPP Lite is an only “Take-Run-Delete-Forget-it” package.
Miscellaneous
Convert
Convert is an easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions!
Foxit PDF Reader
Foxit Reader is a free reader for PDF (Portable Document Format) documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it.
NeoMem
NeoMem allows you to store and organize all kinds of information in a cross between a word processor and database. The interface is similar to Windows Explorer, except that instead of dealing with files on a hard disk you deal with objects in a file.It can be used to store to do lists, books, website passwords, addresses, account information, and collections of all kinds. You can define your own classes for items that you want to store information about, and define properties for those objects. Each object can also store formatted text in a simple word processor view.
Portable NVU
Portable NVU is the easy-to-use NVU web editor packaged as a portable app, so you can edit your website on the go.
More to Come…
We will continue with the application list next time. I hope you are as excited as I am!
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