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The .desktop entry generated with a non-standard "WebApps" category on Linux #544

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Currently the .desktop file generated contains invalid Categories entry:

Categories=GTK;WebApps;

This can be identified by using desktop-file-validate tool which reports:

❯ : desktop-file-validate ~/.local/share/applications/FFPWA-xxx.desktop 
/home/myuser/.local/share/applications/FFPWA-xxx.desktop: error: value "GTK;WebApps;" for key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" contains an unregistered value "WebApps"; values extending the format should start with "X-"

To fix this replacing WebApps with X-WebApps does the trick.

See freedesktop docs on available standard categories: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/category-registry.html

Maybe WebApp should be replaced with standard Network category?

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