Framakey - Portable Applications on your USB key

You travel a lot and need a computer? It can be troublesome if you do not own a laptop.

What are the solutions available?

Use a PC (cyber cafe, rental PC) in the hope that the softwares you require are already installed.

Use a Linux LiveCD, provided that the PC meets the minimal requirement to run the LiveCD.

Framakey: use a USB with all your favorite softwares (pre-installed and configured).

Framakey - The basic version

The basic version of Framakey includes several free software that can be launched directly from a USB key. You simply have to connect the USB drive (with Framakey) to your PC and start working!

Advantages of using Framakey:

You have nothing to install on the PC.

You can store information directly on your USB key.

The softwares from Framakey are secure.

Framakey includes Office suites (OpenOfficerg or Abiword), internet browsers(Firefox, email clients Thunderbird, Miranda), music player (Coolplayer) or video player (VideoLAN Client).

The Framakey packs:

Framakey Lite 1.6 (require a USB key of 256 MB): Abiword, Firefox, Miranda, Thunderbird, Cool Player and VLC.

Framakey Full Pack 1.7 (require a USB key of 512 MB): OpenOfficerg, Firefox, Miranda, Thunderbird, Cool Player and VLC.

Framakey 1.8.x (require a USB key of 1GB): Contains more than 50 applications and games.

Framakey 2.0 Alpha: Currently being developed.

Framakey "LaTeX edition" (require a USB key of 1GB): Allows the creation of latex documents.

Download and installation

Simply download the desired package and extract the executable file to your USB key

Get additional softwares

You can add other portable applications to your Framakey.

Other applications are available or planned. To add more applications and customize your key: http://framakerg/Tutoriels/Index

Modification of the FramaKiosk interface under Vista

Under Vista the FramaKiosk interface is not complete, you need to use the horizontal/vertical scroll bars to navigate ...

To edit the FramaKiosk window go to:

FramakeyFramaKioskbindefaultsprofilePref.js.

Open Pref.js with notepad and change the following values:

user_pref ( "kmeleon.displaidth", 780) ---> width

user_pref ( "kmeleon.display.height", 580) ---> length

user_pref ( "kmeleon.displaaximized", false) ---> full screen by replacing the value "true"