19th September 2008, 2 min read MacOS open’s under Linux 4 thoughts on “MacOS open’s under Linux” Jo Vermeulen says: September 22, 2008 at 4:06 am If you are running GNOME, you can also use the command “gnome-open”. Jo Vermeulen says: September 22, 2008 at 4:54 am Hmmm, it’s not completely equivalent because “gnome-open” doesn’t allow you to choose the application you want to use, it always uses the default one. Daniel Lemire says: September 22, 2008 at 6:22 am And… if a given file type has no default application? Then gnome-open fails. Daniel Lemire says: September 22, 2008 at 6:23 am Plus, what if you are not using gnome?
If you are running GNOME, you can also use the command “gnome-open”.
Hmmm, it’s not completely equivalent because “gnome-open” doesn’t allow you to choose the application you want to use, it always uses the default one.
And… if a given file type has no default application? Then gnome-open fails.
Plus, what if you are not using gnome?