



It installs three files: (1) a bash-script at /root/my-applications/bin, (2) an icon also at /root/my-applications/bin and a desktop file (used in generating the Menu-entry) at /usr/share/applications.ĭepending on where you locate the waterfox folder, you may have to edit the bash script. In the above mentioned tar.gz you’ll also find a pet for creating a menu entry. wfs- and edit the script to create/use a folder named for example ‘secured’ instead of ‘profile’. Just copy the ‘wf’ script under a different name -e.g. Like all ‘mozilla’ browsers similarly started, you can open the browser with different profiles. As written the script creates a folder named ‘profile’ in the waterfox-classic folder. Start the app by clicking the script named ‘wf’. viewtopic.php?t=6310ĭownload, UExtract and copy its contents into your waterfox-classic folder. I’ve packaged the libraries and script in a tar.gz you can download from this thread. And to ‘fully’ portablize -so that it doesn’t store cache, bookmarks, and addons in /root (using RAM)- it’s better to start it via the script which fredx181 developed. You could run it by clicking the waterfox binary found in that folder. You can move the waterfox-classic folder anywhere. If you use UExtract to do so, it will produce an ‘extracted’ folder within which will be found a folder named ‘waterfox-classic’. suggests that System1 tries to continue to improve it]. Before downloading, read the thoughtful warning by System1 that Classic has many unpatched security advisories. If you want to find the latest version, you have to include ‘classic’ as an argument in your web-search.

Recognizing the benefit of distinguishing its development and feed-back from that of ‘Waterfox-Current’, System1, now has the download link for version 22.06 is at. But there are some things you’ll have to do after you download the tar.gz. Like all Web-browsers based on mozilla products, it’s easy to portabilize it, then run it from /opt, /mnt/home/ or a USB-Key create an SFS or –not so easy- locate it in a Chroot-SFS. Running as a portable from several Puppys I'm not sure if I chose a picture in Waterfox's folder I might not create havoc if it is run without a SaveFile/Folder which establishes a fixed location. Waterfox-Classic-GUI.png (433.9 KiB) Viewed 550 timesĮdit: Clicking the 'gear' at the top-right brings up the 'global' options including what appears to be a way to select you own background picture.
