joli os opera shortcut goes to chromium extension please help

General Discussion
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Hi guys, im new here and to linux,
im just trying out linux on the joli os which seems really good as a cloud/desktop pc, but ive got a problem with opera.

ive downloaded the opera software and run it, but it doesnt open. If i use any of the available joli shortcuts it takes me straight to the opera download page through a chromium extension.
Ive been trying to sort it out for a couple of hours now, if I open the terminal and type in opera, it opens and works perfectly but why wont the shortcuts work?
pleas help
thanks
Joe :slight_smile:

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Though I’ve never used JoliOS … I’d guess Chromium is still set as the “default” web browser … is there nothing in the menus for selecting default applications ?

If you open a terminal and run:

update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

what is the output ?

Personally I use PeppermintOS as a “cloud” distro … it’s based on Ubuntu (but MUCH lighter) with the LXDE desktop … so has access to the Ubuntu software repositories, PPA’s, and generally Ubuntu “fixes” will work for Peppermint too.