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    [โ€“] maiskanzler@feddit.de 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    All hail Firefox Sync!๐Ÿ™Œ

    [โ€“] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I've used Firefox for over a decade but still wouldn't trust them to keep all my account info on their servers, Especially not nowadays.

    I already started using KeypassXC to locally store my passwords, just importing bookmarks and add-ons I've left to do.

    [โ€“] Sprokes@jlai.lu 12 points 6 months ago

    I think you can selfhost the sync server.

    [โ€“] otacon239@feddit.de 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I only use Sync for extensions, history and bookmarks. I use an alternative pw manager for the same reason.

    [โ€“] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I use file syncing (Syncthing) and symlinks to keep configs for some apps synced between devices. I don't for Firefox, but it might work.

    [โ€“] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I'm still a newbie Linux user so haven't fully delved into Symlinks...besides bricking a VM trying it once when following a guide.

    Can I for instance link a folder where emulators or offline games store save data on my main SSD and have it automatically copied to a folder on my large HDD?

    [โ€“] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    It doesn't copy data, no. Symlink is short for symbolic link. So it's a pointer to another location. But it might be useful for you. Taking a guess at your goal, here's a relevant example.

    Say you moved all of your emulation stuff stored under /media/largehdd/retroarch. You could then symlink that directory to ~/.config/retroarch like so:

    ln -s /media/largehdd/retroarch ~/.config/retroarch

    That data is still stored on the large drive but will now also show under that symlinked directory.

    [โ€“] amotio@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Yes you can, although this might be better done with rsync - and periodically runnind the syncing command.

    But syncthing does basically the same thing plus you can sync between multiple devices on the same network.

    I sync my laptop config with work pc this way.

    Edit: typos, damn mobile

    [โ€“] fristislurper@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I should really start doing that, not sure why I've never thought of that

    [โ€“] Damage@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Mozilla are maybe the only company I'd trust with that

    [โ€“] maiskanzler@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Exactly. I've had 0 issues with it. Sadly they stopped development of their own password manager, so now I am using Bitwaren+Vaultwarden. The UI is better, but the app still feels cumbersome and slow, just like Mozilla's experiment. For some reason Bitwarden is also really inconsistent & slow in when it shows the Autofill Popup on my keyboard.

    [โ€“] Damage@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

    I didn't know they tried making their own password manager. I know that on my phone with Gboard I sometimes get an "unlock with Firefox" button in apps' login screens...

    [โ€“] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

    firefox sync misses half my settings