Explaining Desktop Entry aka Desktop icon in Ubuntu.
Created on: 2018-08-16
A Desktop entry or Desktop icon or Desktop shortcut or a Deshboard icon is all the same for Ubuntu which is a .desktop file. Follows is a example .desktop file contains:
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Name=$application_name GenericName=$generic_name Comment=$comment Path=$/path/to/working/directory Exec=$/path/to/excutable/file Icon=$/path/to/icon Categories=$categort_1,$categort_2 StartupNotify=true
.desktop files can be found at the following directories in Ubuntu
/usr/share/applications/
~/.local/share/applications
/usr/local/share/applications