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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can set the default app in the settings though, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe they added this when I wasn’t looking. It’s been awhile since I did a fresh install of a Gnome distro. (I use Fedora for work stuff and I’ve learned over the years to leave my work laptop the fuck alone and distro hop on a personal laptop.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's still a problem. And then once I finally set thunar as default, Firefox continues to open Nautilus. Removing Nautilus isn't an option either since it's a dependencie of something else.

I really hope choosing a default file manager woll be simple and always working at some point.

[–] rustydrd 1 points 1 year ago

Yes and no. The setting affects the file manager, but things like "open/save file" dialogues will still use the Gnome file chooser, which is separate from Nautilus and not easily circumvented.