New to Linux, Not new to Palemoon

[PMarch]

Heya Folks

I am brand new to linux, i have installed ubuntu 14.10..
installed palemoon 24.7.2 its the version i want

Now here is my stupid problems and i am sure one of you will be able to help me

I like to have desktop shortcut to be able to start multiple version of Palemoon for different profile i run
Yes this is for a facebook game.

I can create profiles. I know how to do that. I can start dirrent profiles from the terminal.

What i would like to do is have different shortcut on my desktop that start different profiles like in windows.

My problems is i cannot for the life of god figure it out.

I only need to be shown how to do one.. then i can replicate for the 12 different profiles i need.

thank you..

Paul

[rea987]

I am not sure if you can use more than one Pale Moon or Firefox profile at the same time on GNU/Linux; cause I cannot. palemoon -P is the command to start Pale Moon with a profile selector. Since Ubuntu uses Unity as default, I do not know how to create a lancher or a shortcut. The "The Easy Way" section in out dated HowToAddaLauncher article works for me on Linux Mint 13 (Mate). But I am not sure if that still works for newer versions of Ubuntu. UnityLaunchersAndDesktopFiles article seems over complicated for a newby. Any ideas?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToAddaLauncher
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Unity ... sktopFiles

[PMarch]

i am able to start multiple version of Palemoon in Linux

i have to open a terminal window and use palemoon -P profile name

i can start as many as i want..
but i really need shortcut like i can do on windows.. or that is just too long to start them all thru the terminal..

i am still reading on it trying to figure it out..

[SvenG]

The easiest way:
* go to /usr/share/applications in Nautilus
* find the file related to Pale Moon and copy it to your desktop
* now open gedit and open that launcher file
* edit the line "Exec=palemoon -%u" to your liking and save.

[PMarch]

The easiest way:
* go to /usr/share/applications in Nautilus
* find the file related to Pale Moon and copy it to your desktop
* now open gedit and open that launcher file
* edit the line "Exec=palemoon -%u" to your liking and save.

Ok.. I kinda got that

its installed in opt/palemoon
i took the palemoon and made a shortcut and copy it to my desktop
but i cant edit that

going to try to figure out what you are telling me.. like i said. i am really new to linux.. but not stupid
i hope

[rea987]

I have just found that the command for running multiple profiles is palemoon -no-remote -P profile name. Okay, I am willing to help; I will boot the system with live Ubuntu; let's see.

[SvenG]

Have you used the installer script for Pale Moon or just downloaded the file? If you just downloaded I would recommend to follow
http://sourceforge.net/p/pm4linux/wiki/ ... tallation/
to properly install it.

/opt/palemoon/ is the place where the executable is stored (the exe on Windows), when you create a link in Ubuntu it is a symlink, clicking it is exactly like clicking the executable, not comparable to the usual windows shortcut, that is more like a *.dektop file. It would look like this

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[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Pale Moon Web Browser
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
Keywords=Internet;WWW;Browser;Web;Explorer
Exec=/opt/palemoon/palemoon %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/palemoon/browser/icons/mozicon128.png
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;Internet
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall;
StartupNotify=true

You can take this code and save it as a *.desktop file, then you might have to set the executable flag in the file properties to make it work.

That should be a very Windows way... no console.

[PMarch]

The easiest way:
* go to /usr/share/applications in Nautilus
* find the file related to Pale Moon and copy it to your desktop
* now open gedit and open that launcher file
* edit the line "Exec=palemoon -%u" to your liking and save.

GOT IT... :d

Thank you

the only difference.. is that i only had to go properties on the files .. add the right path for some reason with the -P name -no-remote

that works awesome.. I have 4 of them done..

thank you

[PMarch]

Have you used the installer script for Pale Moon or just downloaded the file? If you just downloaded I would recommend to follow
http://sourceforge.net/p/pm4linux/wiki/ ... tallation/
to properly install it.

/opt/palemoon/ is the place where the executable is stored (the exe on Windows), when you create a link in Ubuntu it is a symlink, clicking it is exactly like clicking the executable, not comparable to the usual windows shortcut, that is more like a *.dektop file. It would look like this

Code: Select all

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Pale Moon Web Browser
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
Keywords=Internet;WWW;Browser;Web;Explorer
Exec=/opt/palemoon/palemoon %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/palemoon/browser/icons/mozicon128.png
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;Internet
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall;
StartupNotify=true

You can take this code and save it as a *.desktop file, then you might have to set the executable flag in the file properties to make it work.

That should be a very Windows way... no console.

Thanks.. it works fine now.. i did use the installer



i appreciate the help

at the exe, all i had to is to add -P name -no-remote
it works perfectly

Paul

[SvenG]

the only difference.. is that i only had to go properties on the files ..

Right, forgot about that, that's even more Windows Anyway, what is behind that file is what I have posted above, so actually, it is just a text file, that you can open and edit.

Another Linux lesson learned And welcome to Ubuntu!

[PMarch]

the only difference.. is that i only had to go properties on the files ..

Right, forgot about that, that's even more Windows Anyway, what is behind that file is what I have posted above, so actually, it is just a text file, that you can open and edit.

Another Linux lesson learned And welcome to Ubuntu!

There is a lot to learn... but i am getting tired of windows..

so i decided to make the plunge and try with one of my 3 laptop.
that is the one i take to work and play my game with.. yes.. at work LOL
i can learn easier there then at home when wife is always talking :d

i really appreciate the help on this one.. i hope it will help other newb like me


Cheers

Paul

[rea987]

Off-topic:
Wow, it is nice to see the problem is solved. Now I am using Live Ubuntu and seriously "what the hack is that"? As a user of Gnome 2 and Mate for a long time, I have never thought creating a simple launcher would be that complicated. Is that the improvement and innovation that Ubuntu came up with? On Mate, all I need to do is to right click the desktop, choose to create a launcher and then enter the desired command; that's it. The launcher is ready... If anyone is looking for Windows-like experience in GNU/Linux, Ubuntu is obviously a wrong place to be. Linux Mint with Mate and Cinnamon seems and acts more familiar. No idea about KDE though...