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I use a PortableApps installation to keep my work separated. You could run it in a virtual machine too.
As far as the social media platforms go though, I just use the first party sites for scheduling posts. I have to give them a minimum amount of information to have accounts on them, so I don't see the point in giving that information to someone else too.
I've got a browser, email client, and FTP client, and they're all completely separate from everything else on my computer.
Sorry for my ignorance, but can you tell me more about PortableApps ? Is it this https://portableapps.com/ ?
I f I understand, this is some kind of platform that allows me to use, well, portable apps ?
In case they mean it for the web browser, it can be done in a safer way. Firefox supports having multiple browser profiles, which means different settings, addons, history, everything.
One way to create profiles and to open them is through the
about:profilespage.An other is to create separate desktop icons for these profiles, where the profile selection happens in parameters, and you refer to them by their name. The desktop icon would look like this: "....../firefox.exe" -no-remote -P "insert profile name here".
You can also have a desktop icon that just opens a small profile manager window, where you can select one from the list: "......./firefox.exe -no-remote -P", but be aware that unless you untick the box, this one automatically changes the default profile to the one you started with it.
The
-no-remoteis so that you can run them at the same time as other profiles, like your main one. You shouldn't have this for your main firefox profile. Details, because it has some consequences (nothing major, though).Both ways should work on windows and linux.
If you need help with the desktop icons, let me know!
I will need to have some spare time to have a look at this (and understand it). I might hyu in the near future ;)
Thanks for the info :)
That's the one. I mostly use it to keep websites that I'm managing separate from everything else, so I use the software I mentioned earlier.
I've got a profile for myself too, and that has a few browsers, some small games, an antivirus, and my email client. I back it up to a portable drive, so that it's an extra backup, and can be taken with me if I know I'm going to be away from my computer for a while.
Thanks a lot for your explanation :)
No worries. Hope it helps :)