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Just had to do this a week ago to get a launch icon for Spring Tool Suite that is Eclipse based (not an sh file). This is a real pain, especially for people who
by smarx007 5y ago
Just had to do this a week ago to get a launch icon for Spring Tool Suite that is Eclipse based (not an sh file). This is a real pain, especially for people who are not familiar with a terminal. On Windows, you right click on any exe and create a shortcut.
Why: hit the Win key, type Spri and hit enter. I hope that is enough of a motivation.
- Mikeb85 5y ago> I hope that is enough of a motivation. Definitely motivation to avoid Windows... (and maybe Java too). The fact that that's the workflow is absurd to me.
- smarx007 5y ago?! It’s common on many Linux distros as well as Windows to hit the Win key and type to filter apps to launch. Same on Mac, Win+Space allows you to type the app name.
- Mikeb85 5y agoMy bad. GP was about desktop icons, not start menu launchers. Yes, that's a nice feature, but it's not a regular thing consumers need to do. Most Linux software is packaged much more nicely. For example, VSCode, Steam, Chrome are available as debs/rpms and when you install them, they all create their own launchers. Heck, VSCode and Steam are in Ubuntu's snap repo (that you can access from the Software store) by default. Chrome and Steam are in Fedora's 3rd party repos standard. Needing to go through an extra step or two for a non-standard Java tool doesn't say much about Linux, especially for the average person. Last time I used Java, all the Eclipse add-ons were installable through the IDE.