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You can create .desktop files (or whatever the windows equivalent is) so you start them like normal firefox.

by ta8903 3y ago

k8svet 3y ago
You can take this a step further. You can copy the existing firefox.application to ~/.local/share/applications in triplicate. Leave the first the same, but add Hidden=true, NoDisplay=true. Then rename the other two "personal.desktop" "companyname.desktop" and change the Name values inside, and add "-P {personal/companyname}" to the Exec line. Now your application launcher, if functioning correctly, should hide the default Firefox instance (which due to stupid Firefox behavior can do... unpredictable things), and instead you can type "personal" or "companyname" to have Firefox launch with those specific profiles. It's really quite fantastic, as good a solution as any I could ask for.
- PcChip 3y ago
  How do you keep from getting them mixed up in the task bar when they're both running?
  - baby_souffle 3y ago
    Presumably there’s a configuration directive to change icon?
    - k8svet 3y ago
      I'm 5 days, late, but yes, I changed the Icon directive, and also I use a tiling WM and different themes per profile, so there's zero chance of mixing them up.
AlecSchueler 3y ago
Is the creation of .desktop files within reach of many of the poeple intimidated by command line flags?
- deleted 3y ago
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denysonique 3y ago
You can also add [Desktop action ...] sections to your .desktop file for each profile, this will add new right-click/context menu options for easy launching of the profiles from your Linux dock.
flas9sd 3y ago
I do that for dedicated netflix profile (with company icon) having DRM enabled, very useful. If Firefox did extend the Profile Manager to allow for this kind of personalisation and OS integration (profiles showing up as their own, customizeable launcher icon), that'd be another win.
sumtechguy 3y ago
The windows equiv is .lnk. Or in GUI windows world create a shortcut and then modify the launching parameters using properties on the lnk file. You could also drop the string into .bat/.cmd files (but that would probably leave a cmd box running in the background). Downside to .lnk files is they are binary so you have to use an editor that understands them (like windows explorer).

You can create .desktop files (or whatever the windows equivalent is) so you start them like normal firefox.

by ta8903 3y ago

You can create .desktop files (or whatever the windows equivalent is) so you start them like normal firefox.

You can take this a step further. You can copy the existing firefox.application to ~/.local/share/applications in triplicate. Leave the first the same, but add Hidden=true, NoDisplay=true. Then rename the other two "personal.desktop" "companyname.desktop" and change the Name values inside, and add "-P {personal/companyname}" to the Exec line. Now your application launcher, if functioning correctly, should hide the default Firefox instance (which due to stupid Firefox behavior can do... unpredictable things), and instead you can type "personal" or "companyname" to have Firefox launch with those specific profiles. It's really quite fantastic, as good a solution as any I could ask for.

PcChip 3y ago
How do you keep from getting them mixed up in the task bar when they're both running?
- baby_souffle 3y ago
  Presumably there’s a configuration directive to change icon?
  - k8svet 3y ago
    I'm 5 days, late, but yes, I changed the Icon directive, and also I use a tiling WM and different themes per profile, so there's zero chance of mixing them up.

AlecSchueler 3y ago

Is the creation of .desktop files within reach of many of the poeple intimidated by command line flags?

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denysonique 3y ago

You can also add [Desktop action ...] sections to your .desktop file for each profile, this will add new right-click/context menu options for easy launching of the profiles from your Linux dock.

flas9sd 3y ago

I do that for dedicated netflix profile (with company icon) having DRM enabled, very useful. If Firefox did extend the Profile Manager to allow for this kind of personalisation and OS integration (profiles showing up as their own, customizeable launcher icon), that'd be another win.

sumtechguy 3y ago

The windows equiv is .lnk. Or in GUI windows world create a shortcut and then modify the launching parameters using properties on the lnk file. You could also drop the string into .bat/.cmd files (but that would probably leave a cmd box running in the background). Downside to .lnk files is they are binary so you have to use an editor that understands them (like windows explorer).