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ubuntu-firefox-private-another-profile.md 
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy
today: 2022-12-13

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Added in 2022 For Snapped Firefox you can try Parallel Installs:

  1. $ sudo snap set system experimental.parallel-instances=true
  2. reboot
  3. $ sudo snap install firefox_parallel --unaliased
  4. $ sudo nano /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox+parallel_firefox.desktop
  5. locate, comment and add. to save ctrl + x > y > enter
[Desktop Entry]
...
# Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox+parallel_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox_parallel %u
Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox+parallel_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox_parallel %u --private-window
...
#Icon=/snap/firefox_parallel/2154/default256.png
Icon=/path/download/new/firefox/icon.png
...

font: Firefox profiles with different icons in Ubuntu dock

result:

image

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