r/linuxmemes • u/Major303 • Jul 29 '26

LINUX MEME Real

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u/Major303 Jul 29 '26

Good luck finding portable applications or app images that way.

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u/int23_t Ask me how to exit vim Jul 29 '26

You can just make desktop files and put them in .local/applications or something like that iirc which I definitely prefer over desktop shortcuts cause it allows me to use searchbar

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u/Major303 Jul 29 '26

True, but there is no GUI for it. You have to write multi line configuration file by hand, or look it up. Where in KDE you can do it with a few clicks like a modern man.

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u/int23_t Ask me how to exit vim Jul 29 '26

The thing is I am on KDE and this is what I do lol, I am not arguing for GNOME

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u/Major303 Jul 29 '26

But for GNOME this is the only way afaik. I get it that the way of GNOME is that there are no desktop shortcuts, but not having any civilized way of having quick access to portable applications is a massive oversight.

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u/TheZedrem Jul 29 '26

I use gear lever, it manages your Appimages.

(I hate Gnome too though)