Can I get list, or a link to a list, of all the categories I could put for a desktop icon when creating one? Specifically I would like my icon to show up in the Games lens, but I'm curious as to all the available categories. Running Ubuntu 14.04.
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See Desktop Entry Specifications for the official specifications for .desktop entries and that page also includes a link to categories.
Main Categories. Note that category names are case-sensitive.
AudioVideo Audio Video Development Education Game Graphics Network Office Settings Utility
it also has a very long list of "Additional categories"
Building Debugger IDE GUIDesigner Profiling RevisionControl Translation Calendar ContactManagement Database Dictionary Chart Email Finance FlowChart PDA ProjectManagement Presentation Spreadsheet WordProcessor 2DGraphics VectorGraphics RasterGraphics 3DGraphics Scanning OCR Photography Publishing Viewer TextTools DesktopSettings HardwareSettings Printing PackageManager Dialup InstantMessaging Chat IRCClient FileTransfer HamRadio News P2P RemoteAccess Telephony TelephonyTools VideoConference WebBrowser WebDevelopment Midi Mixer Sequencer Tuner TV AudioVideoEditing Player Recorder DiscBurning ActionGame AdventureGame ArcadeGame BoardGame BlocksGame CardGame KidsGame LogicGame RolePlaying Simulation SportsGame StrategyGame Art Construction Music Languages Science ArtificialIntelligence Astronomy Biology Chemistry ComputerScience DataVisualization Economy Electricity Geography Geology Geoscience History ImageProcessing Literature Math NumericalAnalysis MedicalSoftware Physics Robotics Sports ParallelComputing Amusement Archiving Compression Electronics Emulator Engineering FileTools FileManager TerminalEmulator Filesystem Monitor Security Accessibility Calculator Clock TextEditor Documentation Core KDE GNOME GTK Qt Motif Java ConsoleOnly
and a "Reserved categories".
Screensaver TrayIcon Applet Shell