removing wslview from Ubuntu-only computers?

[Joel Rees]

2023年3月29日(水) 15:32 Marco Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net>:

> Greetings,
>
> while using Obsidian (note taking software) on Ubuntu 22.04 I noticed that
> it cannot open links to local files, so I asked for help on the Obsidian
> forum:
>
>
> https://forum.obsidian.md/t/how-to-open-with-default-app-pdf-or-other-files-outside-the-vault/57087/4
>
> I now ask here because, after further testing and googling, it seems the
> problem is that Obsidian uses wslview instead of stuff like xdg-open to
> open files. For details and full error message, see my last comment in the
> link above. So...
>
> 1) why on Earth should an Ubuntu-only box use wslview, or even have it
> installed in the first place? Is this by chance related to/the same as this
> bug here:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemsettings/+bug/1978842
>

Mono, systemd and now more overtly wslview.

The canonical Ubuntu Linux is now assumed to be installed as a guest in
MSWindows.

2) anyway, since at this point I am not sure I could just uninstall wslview
> without making things worst (because this is a system-wide Ubuntu/Linux
> problem, Obsidian is just the way I discovered it)... what is the solution
> here? Thoughts? Similar experiences?
>
> TIA,
> Marco
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