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   * [[http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/|Red Notebook.]] Note taking Application   * [[http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/|Red Notebook.]] Note taking Application
   * LibreOffice   * LibreOffice
-  * +  * FastStone Image Viewer 
 +  * VLC Media Player 
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 +There are several hundred apps available. You could build a PortableApp stick for network discovery, music/video creation and editing, or play a handful of games. I have decided to go with a basic, private pocket office.\\ 
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 +The full list is available at:  [[https://portableapps.com/apps]]\\ 
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 +===== PortableApps and Security ===== 
  
-==== PortableApps and Security ==== 
 "Now I can be all James Bond-y and have a secret computer."\\ "Now I can be all James Bond-y and have a secret computer."\\
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-In a word, not so much, but sort of. Your documents and files are all on the USB drive. Your word processor is on the USB drive. So that you typed your resume at work will not show in the machine's history at work. If you used your PortableApps browser to look for work, from work, that would not be in the computer's history or in the history files of your computer's browser. If you are looking for something on the edge like this, PortableApps will cover you, sort of.\\+{{::internet_spy.svg.png?nolink&50|}}  In a word, not so much, but sort of. Your documents and files are all on the USB drive. Your word processor is on the USB drive. So that you typed your resume at work will not show in the machine's history at work. If you used your PortableApps browser to look for work, from work, that would not be in the computer's history or in the history files of your computer's browser. If you are looking for something on the edge like this, PortableApps will cover you, sort of.\\
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 Your computer would show, depending on the IT Tools used, that an application called PortableApps ran from a USB drive. The internet history from your USB drive is totally visible to anyone (like the IT staff) looking upstream from your desktop. So, that someone at your computer went to xrated.com or indeed.com on your lunch hour is totally trackable. You were warned. Your computer would show, depending on the IT Tools used, that an application called PortableApps ran from a USB drive. The internet history from your USB drive is totally visible to anyone (like the IT staff) looking upstream from your desktop. So, that someone at your computer went to xrated.com or indeed.com on your lunch hour is totally trackable. You were warned.