Hello guys!
Before I ask my question, I would like to apologize for any errors in this text, after all I am Brazilian and I am 15 years old, so my English is not great, which led me to use Google translator to write the text. Well, let’s get down to it: The Defold icon is not showing up on my Desktop! I already researched linux forums and nothing about it, so I decided to ask here to see if anyone could help me. My system is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and my graphical environment is the Unity, Ubuntu standard.
(Regarding answers with technical terms: I am already a Linux user and developer for a year, so do not be afraid to “bombard me” with technical terms, if I have any questions about the answers I will ask!)
Thank you in advance! 
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I have managed to solve this by creating my own .desktop file.
You can also try adding the icon to /usr/share/pixmaps
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Not really a Defold question, but for Ubuntu 16.04, here is what I would do:
Make a file on your desktop called Defold.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.2.98
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=bash -c "cd /home/azrad/defold_editor && /home/azrad/defold_editor/Defold-linux.sh"
Name=Defold
Comment=Defold Editor
Icon=/home/azrad/defold_editor/Defold.png
Remember to alter the Exec and Icon path to match your system.
You probably don’t have Defold.png, so if you want to use the Defold logo, convert icon.xpm into a png with some graphics program.
Right click on Defold.desktop, go to properties, then permissions tab, put a check mark in allow executing file as program.
Should work then.
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Yeah, I know it isn’t a Defold question but I didn’t found nothing that fitted my problem outside here. Thank you for your answer, it worked perfectly!
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