FF as the default browser. is it possible to set such that when I open links on other apps, firefox launches a private window for those links?

there seems a similar option but it has a side effect, FF normal launch also becomes private (incognito).

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    I modified Braus source code (it’s in Python) to use private Firefox windows, but I don’t remember the details. Possibly you just need to create a new .desktop file for private window and it will just work on Linux. Except that unless you choose a new icon, you’ll have 2 firefox options in menu and won’t know which one is private and which one is normal.

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      12 hours ago

      Braus is new to me, tho at a glance looks less capable overall than Junction.

      Looks like Junction supports firefox profiles via .desktop entries, so it would also support launching via the private CLI flag (firefox -private-window iirc).

      Might be easier to keep up with than modding Braus source code in the long run.

      https://github.com/sonnyp/Junction

      Like other gnome circle apps it heavily encourages flatpak but its available on arch official and other distro package managers.

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        5 hours ago

        I’ve heard of Junction but don’t remember why I chose not to use it, possibly it’s too big in size or something compared to Braus.

        True, Braus is pretty limited.