diff -r cb93a3d50585 -r c9ac9657f47a pidgin/gtknotify.c
--- a/pidgin/gtknotify.c	Sat Jan 26 03:53:18 2008 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtknotify.c	Sat Jan 26 16:17:36 2008 +0000
@@ -1058,7 +1058,12 @@
 	/* if they are running gnome, use the gnome web browser */
 	if (purple_running_gnome() == TRUE)
 	{
-		command = g_strdup_printf("gnome-open %s", escaped);
+		char *tmp = g_find_program_in_path("xdg-open");
+		if (tmp == NULL)
+			command = g_strdup_printf("gnome-open %s", escaped);
+		else
+			command = g_strdup_printf("xdg-open %s", escaped);
+		g_free(tmp);
 	}
 	else if (purple_running_osx() == TRUE)
 	{
@@ -1074,6 +1079,10 @@
 		else
 			command = g_strdup_printf("%s %s", web_browser, escaped);
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp(web_browser, "xdg-open"))
+	{
+		command = g_strdup_printf("xdg-open %s", escaped);
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(web_browser, "gnome-open"))
 	{
 		command = g_strdup_printf("gnome-open %s", escaped);