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EnigmaCurry committed Dec 1, 2023
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You need to follow both steps for *each* remote Docker host to manage.

### Setup Firefox

Open a vterm terminal session in Emacs: `C-c t`

At the command prompt, type `firefox` and press Enter.

Through the power of X11 forwarding, you should now see Firefox appear
on your screen.

Setting up Firefox should be straight forward, do it however you like.

If you use Firefox on your native workstation as well, I recommend
that you use a different theme to differentiate the two windows from
different hosts. Maybe use Dark mode on one, but not the other.

The nice thing about using Firefox over X11 is that you can safely use
the bookmarks and password manager, and they won't leave any trace on
your local workstation.

One more thing to note is that Emacs has a very capable text-only web
browser called Eww (`M-x eww`), which you can use for most
documentation sites and is loads faster than Firefox.

### Setup d.rymcg.tech

Follow these step from the main d.rymcg.tech README, inside the
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