On 4/22/2011 9:53 AM, The Doctor wrote:
The operative word for * low resource * machines is "Simultaneously," as in 2 or more apps running at the same time (any, not just Firefox). Not whether 2 instances (same version or not) CAN be installed. I was mainly aiming at low resource machines, how to use diff Firefox versions or diff profiles w/ diff configurations (but only *running* one at a time).Why would you want to run several instances of Firefox - SIMULTANEOUSLY? When I said it was easy to install multiple versions,So the user could have a 'mundane' browser for day to day stuff and a Torified browser so that they could browse parts of the web with a degree of anonymity and privacy.
Of course it's possible - that's what I said. I run 2 diff versions (sometimes at once) - but it's a new machine. Yes, if one has sufficient system resources, can run multiple instances simultaneously. For older machine, users will either have to use one Firefox instance at a time, or find & stop enough non essential prgms from auto starting w/ the OS (good idea, anyway). That still may not free up enough resources to run 2 Firefoxes at once. Still a good idea & often speeds up older systems considerably.With sufficient system resources, this is entirely possible - I do it. I have two Firefox profiles set up on my machine with slightly different configuration settings and different sets of add-ons.
There are lots of detailed articles on how to create & use multiple profiles, & how to install / use multiple instances of Firefox. Can find them in Mozillazine forum, in Mozilla knowledge base and 3rd party articles.
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