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create a profile called "firefox", if it doesn't exist yet.
download a package pkgs.firefox in it.
and start an executable called firefox
It's possible to run a different executable in a firefox "profile" by specifying --executable flag. But it's not possible to install more packages there.
A better UI would be something like:
vixos run personal firefox
That would mean "download and run pkgs.firefox into a profile called personal". But users could also start bash, or file editor, etc.
Still thinking about the details, but I think profiles are the way to go (even QubesOS that we're stealing ideas from uses "profiles" for most of the work, and appvm are only a small part).
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Currently when user runs:
This actually means many things:
pkgs.firefox
in it.firefox
It's possible to run a different executable in a firefox "profile" by specifying
--executable
flag. But it's not possible to install more packages there.A better UI would be something like:
That would mean "download and run
pkgs.firefox
into a profile calledpersonal
". But users could also start bash, or file editor, etc.Still thinking about the details, but I think profiles are the way to go (even QubesOS that we're stealing ideas from uses "profiles" for most of the work, and appvm are only a small part).
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: