--- a/docs/doc.html
+++ b/docs/doc.html
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@
 <div align=center><img src="images/pref3.gif"></div>
 
 <p align="justify">Finally, You can set a flag to let Euler save preferences at exit (the default).
-You may choose another browser than the one suggested (netscape by default). And
+You may choose another browser than the one suggested (your default
+  desktop browser is selected with xdg-open by default). And
 You can also reset the preferences to the default values.</p>
 <div align=center><img src="images/pref4.gif"></div>
 
--- a/src/rc.h
+++ b/src/rc.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define E_GSTACK_DEFAULT		4*1024l
 #define E_GLINES_DEFAULT		40
 
-#define E_BROWSER_DEFAULT		"netscape"
+#define E_BROWSER_DEFAULT		"xdg-open"
 
 #define MAX_COLORS				16