While there are many ways to sync browsers, for those on the go basing key applications, or even an OS, from a USB flash drive can provide a better solution for creating a workable environment.

While many windows applications don’t need to actually be installed to run, you sometimes lose some settings/functionality. A site called, aptly enough, portableapps.com has tweaked a number of popular open source applications to work seamlessly from a flash drive.

For those wishing to have an entire custom OS at their disposal, this article by Tom’s Hardware covers Knoppix and some of it’s various offshoots, which can either be booted or loaded on top of windows from a USB drive.