[Solved] Set Midori --private as default browser in XFCE 4.12
 

I'm a bit strange but I want the things done as I want and not as who programmed the system wants.

I'd want to change the exo default web browser in XFCE 4.12 to start a midori private session but even if I unistalled every browser and installed only midori exo would always open midori without --private flag.

After some hours I found how to accomplish the task fuckin' exo around.

First of all (as root, as usual) remove default /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser which is a symlink to /usr/bin/midori

# rm /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser

Second create a plain ascii file which execute midori --private, let it be executable and generate the symlink to /etc/alternatives as x-www-browser

# echo exec midori --private > /usr/bin/midori-private

# chmod a+x /usr/bin/midori-private

# ln -fs /usr/bin/midori-private /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser

and the job is done!

Hope this could help someone which want the system does what he wants and not the way programmers want we do it.

Walker

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