Re: [qubes-users] Customizing Firefox in dispVMs

[David Hobach]

On 10/11/19 5:23 PM, unman wrote:

On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 03:04:16PM +0000, 'Totally Zoid' via qubes-users wrote:

Hello

Is there a definite way to customize the default Firefox install in the DispVMs 
without launching it first in the TemplateVM (which I don't want to do for 
obvious reasons)?

I thought to add a prefs.js file to get rid of the Google search and other 
garbage that comes preinstalled and turned on in Firefox and which I have to 
manually turn off in preferences and about:config every time I start the DispVM 
(which gets tiring). However, apparently the profile folder is always generated 
under a different name and the new default profile I created doesn't get 
recognized.

~ Zoid

How about this:

Create a qube, which has no netvm.
Open firefox - configure it as you will. (To install plugins, you wil
have to download elsewhere and copy them in to this qube to install)
Close qube.
Use `qvm-prefs qube template_for_dispvms True`
Set netvm for that qube.
Open disposableVM based on qube.
Profit.

E.g.:

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=0
Path=[full path to your profile.default]
Default=1



Btw a website with some nice firefox settings: privacy-handbuch.de

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Also, if you have an old profile that you want to re-use, you can edit ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini to point to it. Also put your settings in user.js, not prefs.js. The latter is for internal firefox usage only and may be modified by firefox.

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