How can we run the default browser under Linux?

[Lars Wirzenius]

ke, 2009-02-04 kello 13:55 +0200, Ioannis Vranos kirjoitti:
> I am using a process to open a web site, but I call "firefox" explicitly.
> 
> Is there any way to run the default browser set at a Linux account?

In Debian, and Ubuntu, and systems based on them, you can run the
sensible-browser command and it will figure out what the user wants.