[tor-bugs] #13375 [Tor Browser]: Tor Browser Script can't be launched from the Linux desktop

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#13375: Tor Browser Script can't be launched from the Linux desktop
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     Reporter:  lunar    |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:           |     Status:  needs_information
  enhancement            |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tbb-usability, tbb-helpdesk-
  Browser                |  frequent, tbb-usability-stoppoint-app,
   Resolution:           |  MikePerry201502R, tbb-4.5-alpha,
Actual Points:           |  TorBrowserTeam201503, TorBrowserTeam201503R
       Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 Wow, there's some serious Linux wankery preventing .desktop files not to
 be executable from the shell, and only work if clicked on. See
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/378783 and
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343896.

 However, we may be able to do something like:
 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6020106/hashbang-for-gnome-desktop-
 files
 https://askubuntu.com/questions/5172/running-a-desktop-file-in-the-
 terminal

 But it will need a relative path to that execdesktop wrapper script. Needs
 more testing/hacking...

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