File system paths on Linux are always treated as UTF-8

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This article applies to Linux systems only.

If you are using Linux, your file system has to be encoded in UTF-8 or Firefox won't understand it and it will generate error messages such as ""Error: The profile path is not valid UTF-8. Unable to continue."

In cases where you're not able to configure to UTF-8, we recommend using only letters a-z in the name of the Firefox profile and the download directory.

For more information about UTF-8, see UTF-8 on the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN).