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Chrome Shortcut App for Gnome to use X11
sudo tee /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop > /dev/null << 'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Google Chrome
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Access the Internet
StartupWMClass=Google-chrome
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --ozone-platform=x11 %U
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Icon=google-chrome
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=application/pdf;application/rdf+xml;application/rss+xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xhtml_xml;application/xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;image/webp;text/html;text/xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
Actions=new-window;new-private-window;
[Desktop Action new-window]
Name=New Window
StartupWMClass=Google-chrome
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --ozone-platform=x11
[Desktop Action new-private-window]
Name=New Incognito Window
StartupWMClass=Google-chrome
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --ozone-platform=x11 --incognito
EOF
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