Author: toad Date: 2008-09-12 18:13:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2008) New Revision: 22633
Modified: trunk/freenet/README Log: Update README: explain the firefox profile issue, and the cron script/startup service. Modified: trunk/freenet/README =================================================================== --- trunk/freenet/README 2008-09-12 18:03:43 UTC (rev 22632) +++ trunk/freenet/README 2008-09-12 18:13:45 UTC (rev 22633) @@ -14,4 +14,17 @@ The installer creates a firefox profile. If you don't use it, you should have a look at user.js in the firefox_profile directory for some useful settings for -browsing Freenet (both for performance and security). +browsing Freenet (both for performance and security). If you close the Freenet +browser window *after* you close the main firefox window, Firefox will assume +you want to open the Freenet profile next time - the solution is to run: + +firefox -ProfileManager + +And choose which profile you want. + +On OS/X and unix-based systems, Freenet will create a cron job to run Freenet +on startup. On Windows it creates a user for Freenet to run under, and a service +to start it. You should run Freenet as close to 24x7 as possible for good +performance. It is however possible to remove the cron job (with the remove cron +job script in bin/), or to remove the service (from the services panel in Control +Panel). \ No newline at end of file
