Creating an Application Launcher for GNOME 3 in Ubuntu
Run Intellij, then go to Tools > Create Desktop Entry.
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Start Script when Gnome Starts Up
There is a specification for this purpose, and it works with any desktop environment that supports the specification (eg. KDE, GNOME2, GNOME3, …). You should put a Desktop Entry file (with .desktop extension) inside of ~/.config/autostart (for a user) or /etc/xdg/autostart (for the whole system). In the file you set the script to run (see … Read more