TRINIX

I don’t know about you, but I was really surprised about the tools that were made portable. I know that portable apps were around for quite a while but I never really used them, till recently.

Portable means that the tools are portable (duuuh), this means you don’t have to install the tools but you can just run them from any location with having to have ADMIN rights (because there isn’t any installation required). Another benefit is the size, these tools are most likely reduced in size. Another benefit is that you can carry all your necesairy tools AND settings on 1 memory stick or remote location like gmail.com or box.net. This comes in handy if you have different PC’s or laptops, you don’t have to install and setup the tool over and over again. You just run it from your memory stick or download it from you remote storage, eh voila you have your tool with your wanted settings. Nothing is more easy.

I started using Fillezilla Portable (Portable version of the excellent, open source FTP client) and Firefox. But there is a whole list of portable apps, check them out, link can be found just below.

More info check links:

http://portableapps.com/news/2007-05-07_-_filezilla_portable_2.2.32 http://portableapps.com/

UPDATE: 100 Portable Apps for Win or Mac
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/portable-software-usb/