Ubuntu on Pierre-Henry Soria – CTO Insights, Software Architecture & Product Leadershiphttps://blog.pierrehenry.be/tags/ubuntu/Recent content in Ubuntu on Pierre-Henry Soria – CTO Insights, Software Architecture & Product LeadershipHugoen-USCopyright © 2026, Pierre-Henry Soria.Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:17:13 +0100Set a Default Application on Linux with xdg-mimehttps://blog.pierrehenry.be/blog/set-a-default-application-on-linux-with-xdg-mime/Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:17:13 +0100https://blog.pierrehenry.be/blog/set-a-default-application-on-linux-with-xdg-mime/Linux desktop applications are associated with MIME types. xdg-mime lets me identify the type, set its handler, and verify the result at user level.