How to make Firefox work on Windows Subsystem for Linux
Pontifications
- tl;dr install ubuntu desktop!!! and dbus and turn off multi-process(not sure this will work long-term!)
Details on how to make Firefox work on WSL
fix fonts, make dbus work
sudo apt-get install dbus-x11
sudo service dbus start
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
turn off multi-proces
- in firefox turn off multi-process from corel (thanks!), UNSUPPORTED!!! ( from https://support.mozilla.org/nl/questions/1167673)
You can disable multi-process windows in Firefox by setting these prefs to false on the about:config page.
browser.tabs.remote.autostart = false
browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 = false