share the Firefox and thunderbird in linux and windows

[legolas]

Hi
thank you for reading my post
I need to use both linux and windows and i want to my firefox and Thunderbird to be the same in both OS , how i can do this ?
for example my emaila and ff bookmarks history should be shared between them.

thanks

[Number33]

Easy way:
Use imap for email and a bookmark service (delicious or simpy) for bookmarks.

[legolas]

Problem is that mail server (Gmail) does not provide Imap.
does that bookmarking service allows me to import a bookmark.html file to file my alread builded bookmark list into its service ?
what about tens of coockies ?


Thanks

[devils casper]

does that bookmarking service allows me to import a bookmark.html file to file my alread builded bookmark list into its service ?

i dont know about Cookies but you can copy Bookmark.html file and save in /home/user_name/.mozilla folder.




casper

[Number33]

If you're using gmail why bother with thunderbird?

Yes you can import your existing bookmarks into the different services, or as also said, just copy your bookmark file between the systems

[solarbike]

It actually quite simple, there are many tutorials out there that shows how to do this.

The most common method is to make another partition in FAT so that both window and linux can write to it, and store all your firefox, thunderbird profiles on that partition. See
[URL="http://geektimelinux.com/2006/12/10/OLD362/"]

I did it in a similar way without partitioning. I did this by first installing the package that enable NTFS writing to the window partition (I forget the package name, but I'm sure the kind linux expert here would tell you what it is). The rest is the same as the link above, except instead of changing the linux-side path to the FAT partition, you set the path to the profile in the NTFS partition.

The third way to do this is similar to the second method; the difference is that instead of enabling write access of linux to NTFS, you enable read/write access by window to the ext3 partition. There is a nifty app out there that let you read ext3 partition in windows (once again I forget what it is called); and this time, you change the window-side path to the profile resides in the ext3 partition.

One problem I had with this though: although I have all my bookmarks, start-up home pages, and even passwords showing on both window and linux side, the extensions (or add-ons) doesn't seems to work on the linux side (I change the path on the linux-side to point to the profile on the window side). Anybody know how to fix this?

[Filipet]

the extensions (or add-ons) doesn't seems to work on the linux side (I change the path on the linux-side to point to the profile on the window side). Anybody know how to fix this?

Some Firefox extensions are diffirent for Windows and Linux.

[solarbike]

Some Firefox extensions are diffirent for Windows and Linux.

Fillipet:

Where is the firefox extensions stored at? Since if they're stored in the profile folder, any extensions downloaded on the linux side would override the profile folder, thus making the firefox at window side useless.