diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
index 9d1e0e99..10cac773 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
@@ -1012,15 +1012,18 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 		private string FormatCommitMessage ()
 		{
 
-			/// RepositoryStatus contains the following properties (all HashSet <string>)
-			/// * Added         ---> added and staged
-			/// * MergeConflict --->
-			/// * Missing       ---> removed but not staged
-			/// * Modified      ---> modified but not staged
-			/// * Removed       ---> removed and staged
-			/// * Staged        ---> modified and staged
-			/// * Untracked     ---> added but not staged
-			/// Because we create the commit message, we only need to consider the staged changes
+			// RepositoryStatus contains the following properties (all HashSet <string>)
+			// 
+			// * Added         ---> added and staged
+			// * MergeConflict --->
+			// * Missing       ---> removed but not staged
+			// * Modified      ---> modified but not staged
+			// * Removed       ---> removed and staged
+			// * Staged        ---> modified and staged
+			// * Untracked     ---> added but not staged
+			//
+			// Because we create the commit message, we only need to consider the staged changes
+
 			RepositoryStatus status = Index.Status;
 
 			string file_name = "";
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
index 5eb7fc70..59c9d22d 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
@@ -523,38 +523,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			
 		}
 
-		public void OpenSparkleShareFolder (string subfolder)
-		{
-			
-			Process process = new Process ();
-			process.StartInfo.Arguments = SparkleHelpers.CombineMore (SparklePaths.SparklePath,
-				subfolder).Replace (" ", "\\ "); // Escape space-characters
-
-			string open_command_path = SparkleHelpers.CombineMore (Path.VolumeSeparatorChar.ToString (),
-				"usr", "bin");
-
-			if (File.Exists (Path.Combine (open_command_path, "xdg-open"))) {
-
-				process.StartInfo.FileName = "xdg-open";
-
-			} else if (File.Exists (Path.Combine (open_command_path, "gnome-open"))) {
-
-				process.StartInfo.FileName = "gnome-open";
-
-			} else if (File.Exists (Path.Combine (open_command_path, "open"))) {
-
-				process.StartInfo.FileName = "open";
-
-			} else {
-
-				return;
-
-			}
-
-			process.Start ();
-
-		}
-
+		public abstract void OpenSparkleShareFolder (string subfolder);
 		
 		// Adds the user's SparkleShare key to the ssh-agent,
 		// so all activity is done with this key
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleLinController.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleLinController.cs
index 0f8c134f..ba26ecae 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleLinController.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleLinController.cs
@@ -174,6 +174,25 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			return false;
 
 		}
+		
+		
+		public override void OpenSparkleShareFolder (string subfolder)
+		{
+
+			string open_command_path = SparkleHelpers.CombineMore (Path.VolumeSeparatorChar.ToString (),
+				"usr", "bin", "xdg-open");
+
+			if (!File.Exists (open_command_path))
+				return;
+
+			string folder = SparkleHelpers.CombineMore (SparklePaths.SparklePath, subfolder);
+
+			Process process = new Process ();
+			process.StartInfo.Arguments = folder.Replace (" ", "\\ "); // Escape space-characters
+			process.StartInfo.FileName  = "xdg-open";
+			process.Start ();
+			
+		}
 
 	}