# Rename Linux desktop icon to match application name \(\#14437\) · gitcafe/zed

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Repository: [gitcafe/zed](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed)

Visibility: public

Requested revision: 05de1dc8d21e9bb6246a899f2c1f859627b80087

Requested commit: 05de1dc8d21e9bb6246a899f2c1f859627b80087

Commit: 05de1dc8d21e9bb6246a899f2c1f859627b80087

Tree: 3b30ff80dbc437f0452964e65a563649dac2fbdf

Author: Robert Sturla

Committer: GitHub

## Message

```
Rename Linux desktop icon to match application name (#14437)

Release Notes:

- Updated the Linux manual installation docs to fix windows not matching
with desktop icons
([#14435](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/14435)).

The automated `curl | bash` installation script already renames the
`zed.desktop` file to match the window, so most users will not be facing
this issue. This is only affecting users who have downloaded and
extracted the files following the manual instructions.

Since the app ID and the desktop file name are not the same, open
windows are not being matched with the desktop icons, therefore showing
a default one. This PR changes the documentation to tell users they
should rename the `.desktop` file to `dev.zed.Zed.desktop`, and
therefore match the automated install script.

Before:

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/324b91e6-dae1-4902-b59c-b4f124a29820)

After:

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/169a4e8c-5c84-4400-8f0d-30cf478ca272)
```

## Parents

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