Magnet links and Transmission

How to enable Magnet links in Gnome-ish (Gnome 2, Gnome 3, Unity, Cinnamon, ...) desktop environments for Transmission BitTorrent client:



gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/command "/usr/bin/transmission %s"
gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/needs_terminal false
gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/enabled true



Source: http://maketecheasier.com/open-magnet-link-in-browser/2010/02/19