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Put any preferred tweaks in a user.js file in the profile directory, // commented with meanings and reasons, and save wetware memory.

When I was young and enthusiastic I used to maintain user and chrome CSS overrides like that. Synced via DropBox no less!

Now I am older and tired of doing the symlinking every time I setup a new install of Ff.

Just copy your ~/.mozilla everywhere. I too have been using the same profile for about a decade, across many machines.

How often do you set up new installs?

I've been moving around the same firefox install since Opera died.

Oh they're trying to remove that ability as well:

It's a slow and steady advance, not something that happens overnight.