PortableApps Suite is about taking your favorite apps anywhere with you. It is all about portable apps. You can take portable apps with you in any portable device like USB. And whenever you want to use the apps, all you need to do is to plug in the device in a Window PC and start using it by opening the app.
PortableApps Suite™ is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, anti-virus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you’re ready to go.
The PortableApps Suite 1.0 final has just been released. The first public release of it was made back in Nov 10, 2005. It is available in three flavors –
PortableApps Suite (Standard Edition): ClamWin Portable (antivirus), Firefox Portable (web browser), Gaim Portable (instant messaging), OpenOffice.org Portable (office suite), Sudoku Portable (puzzle game), Sunbird Portable (calendar/task manager) and Thunderbird Portable (email client) and runs comfortably from a 512MB drive.
PortableApps Suite (Lite Edition): Uses AbiWord Portable (word processor) instead of OpenOffice.org Portable and runs comfortably from a 256MB drive.
PortableApps Suite (Base Edition): If you’d like to pick and choose exactly which apps to include, you can try Portable Apps Suite (Base Edition). This is a stripped down package with just the PortableApps Menu, PortableApps Backup utility and custom folders, icons and autorun. It’s less than 1MB installed, so it’s a great option for smaller drives.
You can see complete list of apps here. You can download the Standard Suite flavor by clicking here. To install it, click on the exe file and mention installation directory as the root drive of portable device like X:\.