A portable App is a program that has everything it needs to run, all of it’s dependencies contained within itself. This means that a portable App that has been developed for Linux should work on any version of the Linux operating system. Another interesting thing about portable apps is that they are very easy to install. Installation is simply a matter of downloading the file and right clicking on it and going to properties and then checking the box to make the file executable. Once that is finished you should be able

There are not a lot of portable Apps available for Linux at this point in time. But a few handy programs have been developed that are worth taking a look at. portablelinuxapps.org provides portable apps for Linux as the name suggest.

A non portable app takes less space and system resources. But if you really need something that is not available for your distribution of Linux portable apps do provide a possible solution.