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[HOWTO] Get rid of unwanted and duplicate entries in “Open With” in Linux

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November 16th, 2010 Permalink

When I right click on files/directories and click on “Open with another application”, I get a lot of duplicate entries and unwanted applications (like Wine applications I don’t have anymore, Minefield browser which I removed a long time ago, duplicate entries for Geany etc.). To remove them, I opened up my ~/.local/share/applications/ by pressing Alt+F2 [...]

When I right click on files/directories and click on “Open with another application”, I get a lot of duplicate entries and unwanted applications (like Wine applications I don’t have anymore, Minefield browser which I removed a long time ago, duplicate entries for Geany etc.). To remove them, I opened up my ~/.local/share/applications/ by pressing Alt+F2 and typing in Continue Reading

[HOWTO]Install Firefox 3.5 in Jaunty Jackalope and Make Add-Ons Compatible

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July 29th, 2009 Permalink

Firefox 3.5 is out for other OSes however the final version is not available for Linux. This is how you install it on your Jaunty Jackalope installation. We will use the terminal for this. It is just a copy and paste from here to your terminal so it should be fine.

Firefox 3.5 is out for other OSes however the final version is not available for Linux. This is how you install it on your Jaunty Jackalope installation. We will use the terminal for this. It is just a copy and paste from here to your terminal so it should be fine. Continue Reading