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New package name for Spotify on Linux

New package name for Spotify on Linux

Plan

Premium

Country

United States

Operating System

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

My Question or Issue

Would it be possible to have the app renamed to "com.spotify.music", similar to Android? So instead of:

/usr/bin/spotify (with app_id & wmclass being spotify)

/usr/share/applications/spotify.desktop

/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/spotify.png

 

You would have:

/usr/bin/spotify (with app_id & wmclass being com.spotify.music)

/usr/share/applications/com.spotify.music.desktop

/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/com.spotify.music.png

 

It's preferable on Linux for apps to follow a reverse DNS convention:

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/1.5/file-naming.html

 

The actual spotify binary name and apt/snap package names would remain the same, this is just a request for changing the app_id, desktop file & icon.

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