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Move firefox profile and cache into RAM tmpfs.

Posted 11-22-2017 at 03:57 AM by number22
Updated 11-22-2017 at 10:48 AM by number22

Relocating firefox's profile and cache into tmpfs of RAM; speed up firefox and save your hard drive's lifespan and space.

Change XXXX.UserProfile to exactly to your path of course.

creating backup locations first:
Code:
mkdir ~/backup/firefox.profile
mkdir ~/backup/firefox.cache
chmod 700 ~/backup/firefox.*
edit your /etc/fstab add following lines files will be mounted on firefox original locations, profile and cache:
Code:
tmpfs  your_home/.mozilla/firefox/XXXX.UserProfile
...
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