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Setting default apps based on file type (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by rustydomino@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world
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So this is not a question about how to do this. I know how to do this. I also know that (at least under GNOME) it is neither easy nor intuitive. It involves manually editing several different text files to define MIME types and associating an application with that MIME type. My question is: is there an easy to use GUI tool to do this. I don’t think there is. Associating a file type to open with a specific app is easy, trivial even, to do on MacOS or Windows. Why is this seemingly simple task so hard to do in GNOME?

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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This is why I like xfce's default apps setting.

You go to settings, go to default apps.

You can change every mime type to any app you want.

The list is there.

[-] rustydomino@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sounds like I need to try xfce. But again - I shouldn’t need to change my desktop environment to do something fundamental that a GUI desktop environment should handle easily. No? Otherwise my desktop environment is just eye candy for xterms.

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