Linux desktop files

I've got a repo of Desktops here and used .desktop files in the following Wiki entries:

• Custom application to open .gdoc extensions
• Install Chromium daily build on Linux
• RSSOwl setup
• Seaview and AliView
• Writing .gdoc files from a web browser

I found a repo of 'standard' desktop files (from a Linux distribution possibly?) but can no longer find the link (searching GitHub and filtering 'code language' to desktop gives too many hits)

As advised here, once you've found a new .desktop file:

Place this file in the /usr/share/applications directory so that it is accessible by everyone, or in ~/.local/share/applications if you only wish to make it accessible to a single user. Which is used should depend on whether your application is installed systemwide or into a user's home directory. GNOME monitors these directories for changes, so simply copying the file to the right location is enough to register it with the desktop.

There's no need to run chmod +x on the file, but note that ~/ format in either Exec or Icon fields of the .desktop file will not be followed - i.e. use absolute paths.