Core Important application, core to the desktop such as a filemanager or a help browser Development An application for development Building A tool to build applications Development Debugger A tool to debug applications Development IDE IDE application Development GUIDesigner A GUI designer application Development Profiling A profiling tool Development RevisionControl Applications like cvs or subversion Development Translation A translation tool Development Office An office type application Calendar Calendar application Office ContactManagement E.g. an addressbook Office Database Application to manage a database Office or Development or AudioVideo Dictionary A dictionary Office Chart Chart application Office Email Email application Office;Network Finance Application to manage your finance Office FlowChart A flowchart application Office PDA Tool to manage your PDA Office ProjectManagement Project management application Office;Development Presentation Presentation software Office Spreadsheet A spreadsheet Office WordProcessor A word processor Office Graphics Graphical application 2DGraphics 2D based graphical application Graphics VectorGraphics Vector based graphical application 2DGraphics RasterGraphics Raster based graphical application 2DGraphics 3DGraphics 3D based graphical application Graphics Scanning Tool to scan a file/text Graphics OCR Tool to text Scanning Photograph Camera tools, etc. Graphics or Office Viewer Tool to view e.g. a graphic or pdf file Graphics or Office Settings Settings applications DesktopSettings ConfigurationTool for the GUI Settings HardwareSettings A tool to manage hardware components, like soundcards, graphicards or printers Settings PackageManager A package manager application Settings Network Network application such as a webbrowser (Settings) Dialup A dialup program Network InstantMessaging An InstantMessaging Client Network IRCClient An IRC Client Network FileTransfer Tools like FTP or P2P programs Network HamRadio HAM radio software Network or Audio News A newsreader or newsticker P2P A P2P program Network RemoteAccess A tool to remotely manage your PC Network Telephony Telephony via PC Network WebBrowser A webbrowser Network WebDevelopment A tool for web developers Network or Development AudioVideo A multimedia (audio/video) application Audio An audio application AudioVideo Midi An app related to midi Audio Mixer Just a mixer Audio Sequencer a sequencer Audio Tuner a tuner Audio Video A video application AudioVideo TV A TV application Video AudioVideoEditing Application to edit audio or video files Audio or Video or AudiVideo Player Application to play audio/video files Audio or Video or AudioVideo Recorder Application to record audio/video files Audio or Video or AudioVideo DiscBurning Application to burn a disc AudioVideo Game A game ActionGame An actiongame Game AdventureGame Adventure style game Game ArcadeGame Arcade style game Game BoardGame A board game Game BlocksGame Falling blocks game Game CardGame A card game Game KidsGame A game for kids Game LogicGame Logic games like puzzles, etc Game RolePlaying A roleplaying game Game Simulation A simulation game Game SportsGame A Sports game Game StrategyGame A Strategy game Game Education Educational software Art software to teach arts Education Art Education Contruction Education Music Musical Software AudioVideo;Education Languages Software to learn foreign languages Education Science Scientific software Education Astronomy Astronomy software Science Biology Biology software Science Chemistry Chemistry software Science Geology Geology software Science Math Math software Science MedicalSoftware MedicalSoftware Science Physics Physics software Science Teaching An education program for teachers Education Amusement A simple amusement Applet An applet that will run inside a panel or another such application, likely desktop specifi.c Archiving A tool to archive/backup data Electronics Electronics software, e.g. a circuit designer Emulator Emulator of another platform, such as a DOS emulator Engineering Engineering software, e.g. CAD programs FileManager A Filemanager Shell A shell (an actual specific shell such as bash or tcsh, not a TerminalEmulator) Screensaver A screensaver (launching this desktop entry should activate the screensaver) TerminalEmulator A terminal emulator application TrayIcon An application that is primarily an icon for the "system tray" or "notification area" (apps that open a normal window and just happen to have a tray icon as well should not list this category) System System application, "System Tools" such as say a log viewer or network monitor (Settings) Filesystem A filesytem tool System Monitor Monitor application/applet that monitors some resource or activity System Security A security tool Settings or System Utility Small utility application, "Accessories" Accessibility Accessibility Settings or Utility Calculator A calculator Utilitiy Clock A clock application/applet Utility TextEditor A text editor Utilitiy KDE Application based on KDE libraries QT GNOME Application based on GNOME libraries GTK GTK Application based on GTK+ libraries Qt Application based on Qt libraries Motif Application based on Motif libraries Java Application based on Java awt or Swing ConsoleOnly Application that only works inside a terminal (text-based or command line application)