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Running multiple Pale Moon instances on Linux

Unread post by Utnapishtim » 2022-05-22, 21:08

I use Pale Moon's portable version as a way to run multiple profiles at the same time on Windows. Is it possible to somehow start multiple profiles simultaneously on Linux or will they get in each other's way in ~/.cache or ~/.moonchild productions or somewhere?

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Re: Running multiple Pale Moon instances on Linux

Unread post by Moonchild » 2022-05-22, 21:34

You'll have to use -no-remote (or export MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1)as well as give each instance its own profile directory to use (concurrent access to one profile is not possible) and point the browser to it using -profile "/your/path/here"

Maybe you'll need to use double-dashes instead of single on Linux; *nixers will likely be able to help you out better with that ;)
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Re: Running multiple Pale Moon instances on Linux

Unread post by Utnapishtim » 2022-05-22, 21:41

Nice! I'll give it a try :thumbup:

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Re: Running multiple Pale Moon instances on Linux

Unread post by andyprough » 2022-05-22, 22:54

Moonchild wrote:
2022-05-22, 21:34
Maybe you'll need to use double-dashes instead of single on Linux; *nixers will likely be able to help you out better with that
Works equally well for me with single dashes or double dashes. This is a good little trick, thanks!

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Re: Running multiple Pale Moon instances on Linux

Unread post by Bababo26 » 2022-05-23, 14:42

Utnapishtim wrote:
2022-05-22, 21:08
I use Pale Moon's portable version as a way to run multiple profiles at the same time on Windows. Is it possible to somehow start multiple profiles simultaneously on Linux or will they get in each other's way in ~/.cache or ~/.moonchild productions or somewhere?
I do it using

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palemoon -P profilename --new-instance

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Re: Running multiple Pale Moon instances on Linux

Unread post by nero355 » 2022-05-24, 12:43

Utnapishtim wrote:
2022-05-22, 21:08
I use Pale Moon's portable version as a way to run multiple profiles at the same time on Windows.

Is it possible to somehow start multiple profiles simultaneously on Linux or will they get in each other's way in ~/.cache or ~/.moonchild productions or somewhere?
It basically works the exact same way :
- Create additional Profile.
- Supply the Profile as argument to the browser when it starts.
- Add -no-remote to prevent overlapping Profiles.

DONE! :mrgreen:

If you want I can post the contents of my .desktop file that I made for the Pale Moon shortcut with a seperate Profile ?

Profiles are AWESOME!!! by the way :D I use them a lot for all kinds of purposes! ;)

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Re: Running multiple Pale Moon instances on Linux

Unread post by Blacklab » 2022-05-24, 12:53

If interested in Profile Manager details this 'Knowledge Base' article on Mozillazine still correct for current Pale Moon AFAIAA: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager

As with making 'about:config' alterations a 'There be dragons here!' warning probably a good reminder. :)

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Re: Running multiple Pale Moon instances on Linux

Unread post by Utnapishtim » 2022-05-24, 14:39

You can marked this solved I guess, thanks for all the advice everyone :thumbup: :thumbup:

I didn't expect this to be so easy, I think I'm gonna set up my Windows box to use multiple profiles on the regular PM install too, it wastes a lot less space than keeping a bunch of portable PM folders :D

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