Launch browser(Firefox) from URL link in Ubuntu 24.04
- New Obsidian user
- Obsidian-1.8.9.AppImage (with desktop launcher)
- Creating a vault for RPG (DnD) game
Basic sandbox like test. a “useful links” note with a URL
10,000 Random Effects
- On clicking the icon the link text just expands
- Right click\ menu\ open in browser Nothing happens
- Opened vault in Mac OS. Link launched Safari as expected
Things I have tried
- Assumed something wrong with Linux environment
- Created desktop launcher (not sure I know what I’m doing here)
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- Which Launches Obsidian and allows me to work on my vault
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- Was collected from various sources
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Office
Comment[en_AU]=Markdown Notetaking App
Comment=Markdown Notetaking App
Exec=/home/mark/Downloads/Obsidian/Obsidian-1.8.9.AppImage --no-sandbox %U
GenericName[en_AU]=
Icon=obsidian
Keywords=obsidian
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/obsidian;
Name[en_AU]=obsidian
Name=obsidian
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=mark