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Changing Default Browser in Debian

Russell StinnettDecember 29, 2018
Linux
Not too long ago I wrote a short article about my findings in switching my default x-scheme-handler to Chrome for opening links from mutt. I used gio, and somehow it turned out to be pretty straight forward. I recently decided to switch back to Firefox for my browser, but now following links and viewing html [...]
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Really really setting the default browser is XFCE

Russell StinnettJanuary 26, 2018
Linux
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I had the problem that Evolution kept opening Firefox when I’d click a link even though I have Google Chrome set as my default browser in the XFCE Settings. After a little digging, I found this obscure post. Issueing the first command gvfs-mime --query x-scheme-handler/http told me : This tool has been deprecated, use ‘gio [...]
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