Le 07/30/17 à 20:47, Dan Hitt a écrit : > I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is > completely unconnected to the first. > > That is, the second copy should not share history, cookies, any kind > of storage, passwords, configuration, or anything else with the first. > It should be possible to send a signal to one (such as kill) without > the other being aware of it. > > In essence it should run parallel to firefox like a clone (e.g., Pale > Moon), except using the same binary. (But i'd be willing to copy the > binary if there were an easy way to just change its name to firefox2 > or something.) > > I suppose that i could do this with a virtual machine bur that seems > very heavy weight. > > TIA for any clues on how to do this! > > dan >
You can define another profile then use firefox -P profile I use it adding -no-remote because I do not want the links automatically opened to open in this instance.