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Until at least 16.04, php files used to open by default in Gedit.
I'm talking about when you double click on them in Nautilus (or the
first "open with <application>" options that shows up in the right-click
menu)
After I upgraded to 20.04 (not sure in which version the change was),
now they open by default in Google Chrome. (I guess they open in the
default browser which in my case is Chrome).
This is a stupid default. Do I need to explain to you that php files are
executed on the server? Opening them in a browser makes no sense in
99.999999% of cases. When one opens a php file locally, the most likely
scenario is that you are opening it in order to edit it.
So if you had switched from gedit to some other text editor I could
understand it, but opening it in the browser by default is an idiotic
default for php files.
I upgraded because I was sick of running age-old versions of almost
every program, most no longer supported and full of bugs that were fixed
years ago upstream, but I'm astonished at the amount of regressions and,
worse, idiotic design decisions that have either been taken either with
the specific purpose of making things worse, or were taken by idiots
that didn't put the slightest amount of thought in it.
Fucking unbelievable. Every major release of Ubuntu is a step backwards.
Mostly because of Gnome.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Jul 13 21:10:37 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2467 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: meta-gnome3
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-12 (1 days ago)
** Affects: shared-mime-info (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal
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php files now open by default in Chrome
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887425
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