Here are the switches you can use to start your browser with private surfing.
chrome: --incognito
Firefox: -private
IE: -private
Opera: -newprivatetab (EDIT: Opera has been taken over by Google - since then you have to pick the private tab from the menu or use CTRL+Shift-N)
Opera has the ability to surf privately in a tab so it will open a new private tab for you.
Just add it to the launcher in your menu and it is taken care of. You can use a program like alacarte for editing:
In KDE you can use kmenuedit.
On Windows, just find the shortcut for your browser and right-click it. When the properties window appears, click the shortcut tab (shown belove). The target box currently shows the command to run your browser -- to add a switch, click after the .exe and type [space] and then your switch text.
Remember: Privacy is a Human Right!
Here are some examples of perfect surfing:
Go to a terminal or hit ALT+ F2 and write:
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iron --incognito http://bjoernvold.com/forum
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opera -newprivatetab http://bjoernvold.com/forum
This will open this forum in a private session in iron(chrome) or opera.
To be really safe on all ends you could enter this command:
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opera -newprivatetab http://hidemyass.com
It will not save anything on your box and hide your IP in cyberspace.