S sofasurfer Active Member Joined May 24, 2022 Messages 153 Reaction score 56 Credits 1,279 Apr 29, 2023 #1 What is the difference/purpose of .mozilla profile vs .cache/profile? I only mess with .mozilla/profile when I move my stuff to a new installation or new profile but should I also be using .cache/profile?
What is the difference/purpose of .mozilla profile vs .cache/profile? I only mess with .mozilla/profile when I move my stuff to a new installation or new profile but should I also be using .cache/profile?
wizardfromoz Administrator Staff member Gold Supporter Joined Apr 30, 2017 Messages 10,220 Reaction score 9,140 Credits 47,103 Apr 30, 2023 #2 There is an interesting article at Archwiki which deals with a lot of this. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Profile_on_RAM My search keywords were linux .mozilla profile .cache profile I just use the .mozilla profile, similarly to you, but I might try some of the material from the article some time. Advise you take a Timeshift snapshot first so you can rollback if need be. Wizard
There is an interesting article at Archwiki which deals with a lot of this. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Profile_on_RAM My search keywords were linux .mozilla profile .cache profile I just use the .mozilla profile, similarly to you, but I might try some of the material from the article some time. Advise you take a Timeshift snapshot first so you can rollback if need be. Wizard