Replace Tilix as the default terminal emulator in ubuntu-budgie-desktop running on ubuntu18.04

Question

I've recently installed ubuntu-budgie-desktop on ubuntu18.04 and while I like most of the features, I'm annoyed with the Tilix terminal emulator. So I wish to change it back to gnome-terminal-emulator. But I've set it on update-alternatives config x-terminal-emulator but still when I press CTRL+ALT+T Tilix comes up.

What should I do?

@vanadium when I run x-terminal-emulator in a terminal window it opens gnome-terminal-emulator. But when I press CTRL+ALT+T it still opens up Tilix — NegassaB, Mar 15 '22 at 11:31
What is the output of gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec? That also should yield x-terminal-emulator. — vanadium, Mar 15 '22 at 12:23

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '22 at 12:30

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I have finally solved it, the issue arises b/c of org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal keeping the value tilix instead of changing to gnome-terminal. I used dconf-editor, searched for terminal and finally found it and then changed the Custom value value to gnome-terminal

answered Mar 15 '22 at 12:30

NegassaB

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Seems this has been updated, and dconf-editor says this changed in "GIO". Followed the instructions here to change it: https://askubuntu.com/questions/724810/how-change-default-terminal-in-open-in-terminal-in-gio – Rudolf Vavruch Sep 22 '23 at 12:41

Replace Tilix as the default terminal emulator in ubuntu-budgie-desktop running on ubuntu18.04

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