I use Qutebrowser and I always forget the actual application name to run it.
When I use terminal and want a default browser to open up to Qutebrowser I have to change it.
In terminal:
xdg-settings get default-web-browser will show you the current default browser. Your might show up as chromium.desktop
if you want to switch it to Qutebrowser
type this
xdg-settings set default-web-browser org.qutebrowser.qutebrowser.desktop
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Years later. I had Brave as default but installed a couple others too. Recently i'm using Opera. Don't know if i just didn't allow it to be the default or if it never asked me. Anyhow, clicking links from other apps opened in Brave where i wanted Opera.
xdg-settings set default-web-browser opera.desktop
And it's fixed :)
Sometimes linux is so great in it's simplicity! That is if you can find how to use it ;) I had to find this article to even know about the option and that comes from a multi decade hardcore linux user.
lol trust me I know. i created my own articles really to help me remember. There times I need to do a fresh install and/or just forget how to do something. I just go back to my own posts to look for them lol
Glad this helped you out!
Kinda like a public notes ;) Smart! There should be a platform for that, lol
Thanks!
This just saved me so much time! Thank you so very much!
You're welcome!