Ed Greshko: >> xdg-settings get default-web-browser Kevin Cummings: > For me it returns: "xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment" > > B^) I run MATE desktops. Likewise, on both counts. While I don't use Thunderbird, other things do open the right web browser (for my personally set preference). And for further information, just following up on something later on in the thread: [tim@fluffy ~]$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment [tim@fluffy ~]$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment [tim@fluffy ~]$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.19.5-100.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Mon Apr 20 20:28:39 UTC 2015 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org