Java Portable for your Thumb Drive [PortableApps & Portable OpenOffice]

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Quite a lot of visitors come to this site looking for a lite version of OpenOffice, and seeking to put a portable version of OpenOffice on their thumb/flash drives. Now, PortableApps has a portable version of Java, which is useful for flash-drive installs of OpenOffice, and another free open source favourite - Firefox. Check out Java Portable from PortableApps (via Life Hacker) … [Read more...]

Portable OpenOffice [OpenOffice on a Stick]

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Amazon affiliate: SanDisk Cruzer 16 GB Cruzer USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ36-016G-A11 I had previously posted a link to Go-OO as a lite alternative to OpenOffice, however this app seems to have changed its focus: Speed Compatibility with WordPerfect graphics Compatibility with MS Excel Spreadsheet macros This is good, however that still leaves an issue for those that don't want to download … [Read more...]

OpenOffice Lite [The Diet Version]

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If you find OpenOffice too big for your liking, a lite version is now available. Go to http://go-oo.org/ Update 30-jun-2010: check out information on the PortableApps version of OpenOffice - which also includes Portable Java to ensure that your portable OS works on Java sites (in the case of Firefox), and that the Java features of OpenOffice also run! … [Read more...]