[Cialug] NetBeans on Flash Drive

[Scott Yates]

Big or not, make SURE you are storing your source code online somewhere as
flash drives can be VERY flakey when they start to die, and it would ++suck
to lose work because of it.

You can use something like the free git hosting plan here
https://bitbucket.org/plans  It allows private repositories.


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:

> argh, beat me
>
> it is 127MB, though
>
> -barry
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2013, at 2:16 PM, Scott Yates wrote:
>
> > Ok, try this:
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/nbportable/
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Todd Pierce <toddcpierce at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Barry, Scott,
> >>
> >> Okay... so I tried Cameyo and the message I got was this:
> >> File exceeds your size limit: 181 MB. Your limit is 30 MB.
> >>
> >> This kind of makes sense since a file like
> >> jdk-7u10-nb-7_2_1-windows-i586-ml.exe actually *is *pretty big.
> >>
> >> Regarding Eclipse, well, I really think that I might have to depend on
> the
> >> GUI that NetBeans has to offer.  I'm really not a rocket scientist when
> it
> >> comes to GUI applications to start with, and I'm not exactly Mr. Super
> Java
> >> Developer anyway.
> >>
> >> Still, I'm open to any and all suggestions from you guys, since like I
> >> said, I'm in a bind.
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >>
> >> -Todd
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I can't really n
> >> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I don't know how it compares to NetBeans, but eclipse is very portable,
> >> it
> >>> just unzips to a directory
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -barry
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 2, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Todd Pierce wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Crew,
> >>>>
> >>>> This is not exactly on topic (linux) but I'm in a bit of a bind with
> >>>> NetBeans and you're the smartest people I know.
> >>>>
> >>>> A guy hired me to develop a Java app and the best approach seems to be
> >> to
> >>>> develop it using NetBeans (7.2.1).  The bind is that I'm not only
> >>> homeless,
> >>>> but I have generally gotten into the habit of working off of a flash
> >>> drive
> >>>> using whatever Windows machine is convenient.  Lots of decent software
> >>>> works perfectly well when installed on these things... except
> NetBeans.
> >>>>
> >>>> When I start NetBeans I get the opening screen, it reports it can't
> >> open
> >>> a
> >>>> lot of modules then simply goes away.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm going to dive in deep and hunt around the Web (and config files)
> >> for
> >>>> solutions to this, but since hundreds of dollars (which could get me
> >> off
> >>>> the street) hinge on this, I figured I'd plant this idea in your heads
> >> in
> >>>> case someone has ideas that stop me from barking up wrong trees or
> >>> killing
> >>>> my brain unnecessarily before I even get to start the project.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any help you guys can offer is appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sincerely,
> >>>>
> >>>> -Todd
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