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====== Preferred Applications ====== | ====== Preferred Applications ====== | ||
- | This dialog provides options to define default applications for specific use cases and mime types | + | This dialog provides options to define default applications for specific use cases and mime types. |
===== Internet ===== | ===== Internet ===== | ||
The first tab of the Default Applications window allows you to select your default Web Browser and Mail Reader. The Web Browser will be used to open hyperlinks that you click on and to display the documentation, | The first tab of the Default Applications window allows you to select your default Web Browser and Mail Reader. The Web Browser will be used to open hyperlinks that you click on and to display the documentation, | ||
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To select a different web browser to be used for opening links, click the drop-down menu in the Web Browser section, and choose your desired browser from the list of web browsers that are detected. | To select a different web browser to be used for opening links, click the drop-down menu in the Web Browser section, and choose your desired browser from the list of web browsers that are detected. | ||
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If the browser you are looking for is not automatically detected by the system, you can select {gui> | If the browser you are looking for is not automatically detected by the system, you can select {gui> | ||
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The ''" | The ''" | ||
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The second tab of the Preferred Applications window allows you to select your default File Manager and Terminal Emulator. The File Manager will be used throughout the system to open folders to browse files, and the preferred Terminal Emulator will be used to run scripts and launch applications that need to be run in a CLI environment. | The second tab of the Preferred Applications window allows you to select your default File Manager and Terminal Emulator. The File Manager will be used throughout the system to open folders to browse files, and the preferred Terminal Emulator will be used to run scripts and launch applications that need to be run in a CLI environment. | ||
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For custom terminal commands, the ''" | For custom terminal commands, the ''" | ||
- | ===== Other ===== | + | ===== Others |
A Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type identifies the format of a file. The MIME type enables applications to read the file. For example, a file manager can use the '' | A Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type identifies the format of a file. The MIME type enables applications to read the file. For example, a file manager can use the '' |