Hi :) It's all good :) Err, are the virtual-desktops like the work-spaces in Gnu&Linux? Trying to work without them is really frustrating.
Usb-sticks do tend to be slower than hard-drives so there will be a performance hit. I think increased speed is why some sticks are so ridiculously expensive. I think there is a limit with usb 2.0 on just how fast it can go but the type of cheap sticks i buy seem far below that speed. The speed hit is likely to be when you first open a particular app because after that it will have stuff cached in Ram and/or swap/virtual-memory so actual usage should be about the same. Saving documents should be about the same too so it's really only when you first open the app i suspect. Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Don Parris <parri...@gmail.com> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 8 September, 2011 0:45:19 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can Libre Office be installed on an external drive. ? I don't know what's got "stuffed up" - you're just fine. Apologies absolutely not necessary. I hope I didn't 'sound' angry. :-) LibreOffice Portable works great, btw. Slightly slower than normal, but not bad. Anyway, there is also GIMP, VirtuaWin (I can't stand not having virtual desktops), and others. I notice I had to manually download larger files, and then use the Portable Apps installer to "install" them. I really like it. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 19:17, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi :) > Fantastic :) I usually struggle on locked-down systems so having portable > apps > could really help me when i'm out and about. > Thanks for testing this. > http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Don Parris <parri...@gmail.com> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Wed, 7 September, 2011 23:58:27 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can Libre Office be installed on an > external > drive. ? > > I'm already currently testing it. I'm writing this from Portable Firefox. > I just plug in my external drive (with quite a few of the portable apps > loaded) and go. It actually seems to work very well so far. :-) > > Regards, > Don > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 18:24, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi :) > > Sorry i couldn't help there. Some people have some really weird ideas! > > Chrome > > is more controversial but at least it's faster. Sometimes there is too > > much > > risk of losing what you already have. I used the tactic you are planning > > on one > > time at least and it worked out fairly well. It might be good to test > the > > portable apps thing in advance if you can. > > > > Good luck and regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Don Parris <parri...@gmail.com> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > > Sent: Wed, 7 September, 2011 22:24:55 > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can Libre Office be installed on an > > external > > drive. ? > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 20:13, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > > > > > Hi :) > > > It might be worth contacting the IT Staff that are going to install the > > > systems > > > and make the point that your work requires using specialist software or > > > something or that you prefer using Firefox because it's safer and > faster > > > than > > > Internet Explorer and you feel the same way about Office. > > > > > > > > > It takes a lot of luck to find the right angle but it would be great if > > you > > > could get Firefox and LibreOffice installed alongside whatever they are > > > told to > > > force you to use. Firefox has built a strong reputation for being > > > low-maintance > > > and popular so the IT guys might be happy to let you install that and > > then > > > LibreOffice is "similar" but just not as famous yet. Perhaps other > > people > > > at > > > work might be happy to join in kicking up a fuss about getting Firefox > on > > > their > > > machines too. > > > > > > > I had Firefox before my co-worker - with whom I have to share the work > > computer - blew it away because the IT guy standing over his shoulder > told > > him it was "illegal". Mind you, they gave everyone Chrome, so we can use > > that. I have kept OOo/LO thus far, but the future is bringing changes I > > don't like. I have been a fairly active advocate, even if I have been a > > little quiet the last couple years. > > > > The portable will probably have to suffice in my case. But trust me, > where > > I can, I do advocate, implement, use and teach about libre software. > > > > I have subscribed to the documentation list, and plan to eventually start > > helping with editorial/writing tasks. I've got a busy period coming up, > > but > > should be able to contribute a little something looking toward October. > > > > Regards, > > Don > > > D.C. Parris, FMP, LEED AP O+M, ESL Certificate > Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Free Software Advocate > https://www.xing.com/profile/Don_Parris | > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcparris > GPG Key ID: F5E179BE > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- D.C. 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