just a idea

Steve Lee steve at fullmeasure.co.uk
Sat Oct 28 07:13:20 BST 2006


I guess something like http://portableapps.com/ should be workable for
linux as app installation is generally simpler (no registry).

-- Steve Lee
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On 10/28/06, Beth Koenig <bethko at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Beth Koenig <bethko at gmail.com>
> Date: Oct 27, 2006 11:00 PM
> Subject: Re: just a idea
> To: mike coulombe <kb8aey at verizon.net>
> Cc: ubuntu <ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>
> You can put a vmware virtual machine on a thumb drive with a copy of
> vmware player. All you have to do is install the vm player and use it
> to access you os on the thumb drive. I suggest a 2mb drive for that so
> you have room for documents and stuff.
>
> On 10/27/06, mike coulombe <kb8aey at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Hi,I was using a computer at a friends house today and had a idea.
> > Would it be possible to make a version of ubuntu that could run from a usb drive.
> > This way a student or anyone for that matter could take their operating system with them.
> >    I was thinking about a mini version that would contain one of the screen readers,
> > orca or lsr, a word processor, gedit will probably work
> > and a few other basic tools.
> > I don't know how small a system like this could be,
> > but I can see it would be very useful.
> > Just a thought, Mike.
> >
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