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• EcoSatPC: The EcoPC coalition now uses Sourceforge!

  What does matter most in a personal computer? CPU, disks, RAM, monitor? Of course not! What matters most in a PC is: - your data - your applications So what do you really need to keep with you is a small peripheral with documents plus applications to run them. The rest is a commodity. The EcoPC coalition is headed by Ynternet.org, a Swiss not-for-profit foundation for eCulture. Its aim is a paradigm shift. No more need for full featured personal computers, only commoditized computers with an operating system (OS) and everybody will be able to manage his/her personal data the same way wherever he/she is. The EcoPC consists in: + 1 USB key (size in GB) or 1 external drive + 1 set of portable applications: the EcoSatPC-software (Sat as in "Satellite") + 1 account on your lifetime personal web space (e-mail, web site/electronic portfolio/blog, online storage) + 1 access to an e-learning platform for your lifelong learning To run properly, an EcoPC needs a commodity PC with an operating system (Windows only for the moment but this will change) To get EcoPC full features, the EcoPC needs an internet connection, with high speed when possible. This leads to: * ECOLOGY. Less unused hardware: non-geek people don't use their own computer all the day. * EASE OF USE. Less compatibility problems when switching from one station to another since applications are part of the EcoPC solution. Moreover the access to he eLearning platform aims at giving to anyone the fundamental know-how to efficiently use IT. * ECONOMY. Cheaper equipment per user: only 1 EcoSatPC per user and 1 PC for several persons depending on usage needs. * SECURITY. More secure use: personal data can be encrypted on the key and backed up on an online server, so that loosing ones key means buying another one plus restoring saved data. * ETHICS. The base of the EcoPC system runs with Free Software (as in Freedom), and Ynternet.org is a not-for-profit foundation so services and products are a long-term solution for mobile IT. Major services will be delivered for free (as a beer) as long as customers will need them. More information on http://www.ecosatpc.net/

  posted by rafy 580 days ago

• File released: /EcoSatPC/EcoSatPC v1.4.2/EcoSatPC_v1.4.2.zip

  posted 581 days ago

• EcoSatPC EcoSatPC v1.4.2 file released: EcoSatPC_v1.4.2.zip

  Version 1.4.2 updated by Zhou Maoan for www.ynternet.org maoan.zhou@gmail.com . Date 2008-02-14 What's new in the Version 1.4.2 ? - Separate the application data of each program from the original folders. Now we can just copy the data folder for the personal things. The folder structures are as following ecoSatPC\Data\AppsData\SkypePortable ecoSatPC\Data\AppsData\aMSNPortable ecoSatPC\Data\AppsData\FirefoxPortable ecoSatPC\Data\AppsData\ThunderbirdPortable ecoSatPC\Data\AppsData\OpenofficePortable ecoSatPC\Data\AppsData\ClamWinPortable ecoSatPC\Data\AppsData\VLCPortable others applications such as "iview" "coolplayer" "sumatraPDF" have no application data. - disable all the splashscreens - French accents removed - Left click for the whole menu, right-click for compact menu. - SumatraPDF v0.8 a new version with a single excutable file - ClamWin "Virus database updated" - We make some default settings Thunderbird: wait 5 seconds before mark message as read, automatical update, spell check dictionary(de-DE, de-CH, en-GB, en-US, es-ES, fr-FR, it-IT, pt-PT) Firefox: Flash plugin, remember visited pages for the last 30 days. OpenOffice: most of dictionaries are added (Remark: Oo dictionaries are the same as Thunderbird) Set empty name for Oo, so we don't need to wait long time for the first launch. The user can add their name, company in the "option". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.4.1 updated by Zhou Maoan for www.ynternet.org maoan.zhou@gmail.com . Date 2008-02-14 What's new in the Version 1.4.1 ? - Flashgot extension for firefox removed the from the firefox - AMSNPortable is updated 0.97 - In ClamWIN, "Virus detection database not found" bug are solved "virus detection database" updated. ClamWin has only English version. the "Virus dection database" can be updated automatically later in the program of ClamWin by clicking "tools" --> "Download Virus Database Update" - 7-zip updated. 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR files can be extracted. - SumatraPDFPortable is updated to v0.8. Changing language is possible in this program. - VLC updated 0.8.6-d, By default, VLC Portable is set to automatically use the language of the operating system. If you wish to select a specific language, open VLC Portable. From the main menu, select Settings and then Preferences. Click Interface in the list of categories on the left. Next to language, change it from Auto to the language of your choice and click Save. Close and re-open VLC Portable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.4 updated by Zhou Maoan for www.ynternet.org maoan.zhou@gmail.com . Date 2008-02-10 What's new in the Version 1.4 ? - Skype is updated to 3.6. (The program itself is not a portable version, but we added a batch file to launch skype so that it stores the personal data & settings on the removable device locally). - The profile and settings of Skype (like username, password, history) will be saved on the removable device. - Openoffice updated to 2.3.1 ( OpenofficePortable French version downloaded from www.portableapps.com ) - openoffice French dictionary added, some other useful dictionaries are pre-installed by default - Firefox , Thunderbird updated. ( French version from www.portableapps.com ) - ThunderbirdPortable can be updated automatically later by "Recherche des mises a jour" - FirefoxPortable can be updated automatically later by "Recherche des mises a jour" - ecoPC, and Ynternet.org links added to Firefox's personal toolbar. - English, French dictionary added for Firefox , and Thunderbird

  posted 591 days ago