Or why don't we do like Apple and just symlink /usr/bin/open to /usr/bin/xdg-open (since it's installed in Kubuntu too unlike gvfs-open) ?
Then you could recommend
sudo apt install foo; open http://locahost:2022/
and you could also
open ~/Pictures/yakkety-yak.png
etc.
Or why don't we do like Apple and just symlink /usr/bin/open to /usr/bin/xdg-open (since it's installed in Kubuntu too unlike gvfs-open) ?
Then you could recommend
sudo apt install foo; open http:// locahost: 2022/
and you could also
open ~/Pictures/ yakkety- yak.png
etc.