I've never encountered a system where xdg-open did something I didn't expect. It...

tinco on Oct 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Debian Dropping the Linux Standard Base

I've never encountered a system where xdg-open did something I didn't expect. It's basically the linux variant of windows' double-click and OSX's open. If I did it on a text file and it would open it in Firefox I would think "Jeez what idiot chose Firefox for text files" not "Jeez xdg-open is useless".

listic on Oct 9, 2015 [–]

I thought `xdg-open` is the Linux' variant of Windows' `start`.