On 22/04/2011, Joe Btfsplk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/22/2011 10:27 AM, Andrew Lewman wrote: >> On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:53:19 -0400 >> The Doctor<[email protected]> wrote: >> Perhaps I'm confused over the details, but I do this daily. I use TBB >> for my anonymous/private browsing and the system firefox for >> non-anonymous/private browsing. The two never mix profiles, memory, >> cache, etc. >> >> It works fine on a netbook with a low-end atom cpu and 512mb of ram. >> > Where most users have problems is if they just install a new (or 2nd > version) of Firefox (not Tor Browser Bundle, including a modified > Firefox), it will use the "default" profile, specified in the > profiles.ini file. I've never installed the TBB, so don't know how it > handles profiles. From what you say, it creates a separate one > automatically. Installing Firefox d/l from Mozilla doesn't create a new > profile, if one already exists. It uses the old one by default, unless > you create a new profile (using Profile Manager) & specify that profile > will be used by the new FX version (or 2nd install of same vers.). > > This is where many avg users become confused. If they're trying to use > 2 instances of the "official" releases of Firefox from Mozilla & have > them use diff profiles (for what ever reason). > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
Huh? You only need one Firefox install. You just run multiple instances of the same Firefox binary. Of course, each instance has to use a different profile. You can start the second one either from the command line or using the ProfileSwitcher add-on from within the first instance of Firefox. It's the same as with lynx. I don't need a second lynx install to start another instance of lynx in another shell. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
