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Can't run Linux Firefox on WSL
See original GitHub issueThere’s no way to override the changes made in #96, I can set FIREFOX_BIN to use the linux firefox, but because of the wsl detection it tries to convert the profile path and causes the linux wires to get crossed.
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- Created 4 years ago
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Yeah, sorry about that. I didn’t think anyone was actually trying to running Linux Firefox from WSL. It seems the majority of people are trying to run Windows Firefox but we should allow both.
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