The software is the same, apart from where it saves its data, which has no impact on operation or performance. On it's own, it's less convenient and it's easier to be 'messy' with portable software, if you don't take care to carefully place it in appropriately named folders. The disadvantage of portable software is that there is no installer that automatically creates shortcuts on your desktop, in your start menu and in the list of installed software. With the start menu of, I even had a comfortable menu instead of having to go through folders. I could use a better browser than the mandatory Internet Explorer on school PCs. That way, I had my favorite software with my settings, bookmarks and private data, which would also leave no traces on machines I used them on. Back when I was in high school, I had a thumb drive with portable versions of Firefox, Open Office and various handy tools with me at all times. Pro Edition ($69.Portable software can be taken with you, e.g. Remote terminal (SSH, telnet, rlogin, Mosh)

How to Set up an Ftp Server on Windows 10 & 11.All your network tools in one app: Rdp, Vnc, Ssh, Mosh, X11, etc.You can extend MobaXterm capabilities with plugins.Basic Cygwin commands (bash, grep, awk, sed, rsync, etc.).Based on PuTTY with antialiased fonts and macro support.

Your remote display uses SSH for secure transport.

DISPLAY is exported from remote Unix to local Windows.

Fully configured Xserver based on X.org.

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Mobaxterm portable edition