SlickRun for Kitchen Sink

I've been absolutely captivated by SlickRun lately and created a specific data set for Kitchen Sink.

• Download KitchenSink QRS file
  
• How to import
• Exclusions: There's a few new programs that aren't in the 1.1.1 version including TeraCopy and NF Reader.

On hold for job seeking

Things have gotten much tighter on my side and the search for work has taken on a bigger role. Anyone looking for a documentation guy, technical writer, or software tester, please email me!

For now the project is unfortunately on the backburner.

September update

1. License cleanup progress - I'm about 3/5ths way through. As I'm seeking employment at the same time I do this, its slow going.
2. Mac/Linux version - considering creating a non-Windows version for use in WINE and Crossover. I think a freeware package for those software tools would be very popular and those projects might even send users to me as a way to get started right away with some free software. Not containing Firefox wouldn't be a problem, since users would probably already have it. Seems like a good idea but easily 6 months away.
3. No ads - After a discussion with a friend of the project (thanks Wes) I've decided to disable advertisements for this page. There are a number of licenses included that claim their software cannot be distributed for commercial gain and we decided even advertisements fit that criteria.

Timetable for the 1.1.2 release looks like it will be what the 1.5 version was going to be: October 1st.

Free portable Ashampoo Office software

Really enjoying this Office suite, usually less than free.  Note that it takes a few steps and you have to give an email address to get a registration, but so far very worth it.

Thanks to Joby and Ennovoy over at PFW.

No-Moz

Its not looking like Mozilla is going to give me permission to distribute Firefox as John Haller predicted.  This brings up the question, would anyone want to download something called "The Kitchen Sink" that's missing Firefox?  Additionally, as I make my way through programs and come up with a license list, I'm finding that non-redistribution licenses are gradually chipping away at included programs.  This is attacking the basic point of the project. a tested, single-source, everything-in-one-place freeware tool.

By this rationale, it looks like either my self-updating idea is going to happen or this project is going to hit too big of a snag to continue.

Self-updating program

So I keep running into licenses that don't allow for redistribution or won't give me permission for a variety of reasons.  This isn't the Kitchen Sink if its missing some 30 different programs I want to put in, and my project loses all distinction as being the go-to place or portable software.  To get around this, I'm going to try to work with the Lupo project to set up a self-updating program to pull all the programs in question from their respective web sites.

It will be difficult but if I can pull it off, I can kill several birds with one stone:

1. You will be able to download the core Kitchen Sink almost anywhere -- it will be tiny compared to the previous version
2. I can get around almost any license issue I've come across so far
   
3. It will self-update and (hopefully) keep all your settings the same each time it does

There's plenty of precedent for a program like this.

Still not dead ...

Still working on the Kitchen Sink license cleanup -- having started
with a temp job and not having much time, this is moving slowly.
Combined with updating all the increasingly old software, I hope to
have a fresh, license-friendly release sometime mid-September.