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Gnome Desktop Entry Format extensions - bootlegged documentation

Note: if you work on desktop entry files, you should refresh them to see the results: Alt-F2 and run 'r' or 'restart' to restart gnome-shell. Otherwise changes might only work after you log out.

The desktop entry specification creates a standard for application launchers. Gnome adds several extensions to the format which are widely in use, but as far as I can tell undocumented. This is an attempt to document them so I can write my own autostart launchers for gnome. Pull requests are highly welcome.

There is a guide on gnome developer that explains basics about how to integrate an application with the desktop.

Autostart applications run when the user logs into the graphical desktop environment. All desktop managers make custom extensions to the format. This attempts just to cover the Gnome extensions, and won'

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I use Ubuntu (20.04 LTS, now 22.04 LTS) as my main operating system. Some background on switching from OS X to Ubuntu here: https://github.com/bjohas/Ubuntu-keyboard-map-like-OS-X. I don't really use Windows at all, and I am surprised with how the intial setup of Windows has gone wrong for some of my friends (missing dlls, etc etc). However, there are a few 'OS X / Windows only things' and with a larger SSD on a new laptop, I thought I'd preserve Windows. E.g., 'OS X / Windows only things' include Adobe Creative Suite, as well as using Oculus/Meta Quest 2 via a PC connection.

Dual booting Ubuntu and Windows with encryption (for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS)

I used these instructions to dual-boot-ubuntu-and-windows-with-encryption.md https://www.mikekasberg.com/blog/2020/04/08/dual-boot-ubuntu-and-windows-with-encryption.html

Dual-booting with encrypted storage should not be this hard in 2020 2022.