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How to change what application your disposable qube opens things in

Instructions

  1. In your disposable Qube’s template (The AppVM, not the actual template) edit
    /home/user/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

  2. In the file you’ll need to type the mimetype of the kind of file your opening in your disposible qube on the left. Deeplow’s mimeapps.list file here can serve as a good comprehensive reference for what mimetypes exist: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/2dcb936f07773dfe643b1730d717a188728dd79c/securedrop-workstation-config/mimeapps.list.sd-app

  3. Then type an equals sign.

  4. Then type the name of the .desktop file for the application you want to open that filetype in. You can get these names from /usr/share/applications

  5. Then finish with a semicolon, add more lines for any other filetypes you want to handle.

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