[HOT] HOT stick (Portable Apps) for Training/Workshops

[Theodin]

Hi all,

Being a long-time member and developer at portableapps.com, I had to 
smile when the term popped up here on the HOT mailing list.

Of the apps listed below by maning sambale, all are already there and 
widely used except for QGIS, JOSM and GPSBabel. I have been wanting to 
try to get JOSM portable for my own use so I will see that I find some 
time over the weekend. The others shouldnt be a problem as they are all 
open source and thus redistributable if Firefox is used as the internet 
browser and Sumatra pdf as the pdf reader.

The easiest thing for updates would be to get all the apps into the 
portableapps lineup as official apps but I cant guarantee for that.

Besides that, I think its worth trying the Live system idea other have 
put forward as it allows for a more controlled environment. the downside 
is that it might not be usable everywhere.

Thats all for now - Simeon

Am 26.09.2013 04:47 schrieb maning sambale:
> Dear HOTties,
>
> Has anyone tried building a USB Stick that runs all the needed
> applications for an OSM Training?
>
> For a series of training we will conduct, we are anticipating a lot 
> of
> different configurations and MS Windows versions.  They may use a
> computer lab or their own laptops.
>
> Instead of just giving the participants copies of the software
> installers, we are thinking of building a PortableApp [0] stick
> containing all the needed apps and resources.
>
> Anyone tried this approach?  How is it effective?
>
> A few things we want in the stick are:
> * JOSM including all the necessary plugins (FieldPapers, Notes,
> DirectUpload, GPXEdit, Building tools, Presets, GeoChat, Measurement,
> Mirrored downloads, Reverter, Terracer)
> * GPSBabel
> * QGIS
> * PDF reader
> * Firefox or Chrome
> * 7-Zip
> * ClamWin
> * Notepad++
> * Learning materials (either offline or pdf version of learnOSM)
> * Installers - installers of the above software
>
>
> [0] http://portableapps.com/apps