Chromium makes itself the default browser.
I presume the following is no update-browser by itself issue still it should be resolved if possible.
I have Chromium as well, using it when some websites fail with Palemoon because they refuse to adhere to web standards or whatnot reason they fail in PM.
Now, I activated Chromium, ran it and quit it.
In Interlink I accidentally clicked on a http / https link and I heard the hard disk caching in the background, waiting for the browser window to open.
And like in the past: instead of PM opening, the chromium window opened since the later loaded chromium module must have changed the default handler for the http / https protocol.
Ironically, it says in its message area between the URL bar and the content area below "Chromium is not your default browser. Do you want to make Chromium your default browser?" or a similar worded message.
I did not approve the "make Chromium your default browser?" issue but exited Chromium.
Now, I clicked a link in Interlink on purpose, again Chromium started and now the "Chromium is not your default browser. Do you want to make Chromium your default browser?" message did not appear, meaning
without my given permission chromium still set itself as default browser.
Seems even chromium obtained some of gøøgle's world domination arrogance.
● How can Chromium be kicked in its butt to stop setting it up as default browser by itself when its whining to be the default browser was not approved? (I either clicked No, or I clicked the [x] close icon in the message area, or maybe there was no No button and I only could click the [x] close icon in the message area) Be it as it may,
I did not approve of Chromium becoming my default browser, still it set up up to still be it.
● How can it be
set up so that when I activate Chromium after PM (and my system loads PM as default at boot up so Chromium or Firefox or any other PM alternative is always loaded after PM)
is not the browser to open URLs via Interlink, or via any other means but I explicitly choose to open either Chromium or to explicitly open an URL via Chromium. /mnt/live/memory/images/chromium-86.0.4240.198-x86_64--1jay.xzm/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/chromium-86.0.4240.198-x86_64-1alien contains this:
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# Update the desktop database:
if [ -x usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
chroot . /usr/bin/update-desktop-database usr/share/applications > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
[…]
# Update the mime database:
if [ -x usr/bin/update-mime-database ]; then
chroot . /usr/bin/update-mime-database usr/share/mime >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
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guest@porteus:/mnt/live/memory/images/chromium-86.0.4240.198-x86_64--1jay.xzm$ l usr/share/applications/
total 17
drwxr-xr-x 2 root 62 2020-11-20 19:43 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root 64 2020-11-13 15:48 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 8548 2020-11-20 19:43 browser.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 8502 2020-11-13 15:48 chromium.desktop
guest@porteus:/mnt/live/memory/images/chromium-86.0.4240.198-x86_64--1jay.xzm$ l usr/share/mime
/bin/ls: cannot access 'usr/share/mime': No such file or directory
I know the first issue in my ● bullets list is an issue of setting up Linux, the 2nd issue seems to be an Chromium bug or a setup issue via /var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/chromium-86.0.4240.198-x86_64-1alien ? Still I hope both can be resolved.
My current browsers:
Palemoon 005-palemoon-29.4.1.linux-x86_64-gtk3
Chromium chromium-86.0.4240.198-x86_64--1jay