.desktopエントリの公式仕様については、http： //standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.htmlを参照してください。このページには、カテゴリへのリンクも含まれています。
主なカテゴリー。カテゴリ名では大文字と小文字が区別されることに注意してください。
AudioVideo
Audio
Video
Development
Education
Game
Graphics
Network
Office
Settings
Utility
「追加カテゴリ」の非常に長いリストもあります
Building
Debugger
IDE
GUIDesigner
Profiling
RevisionControl
Translation
Calendar
ContactManagement
Database
Dictionary
Chart
Email
Finance
FlowChart
PDA
ProjectManagement
Presentation
Spreadsheet
WordProcessor
2DGraphics
VectorGraphics
RasterGraphics
3DGraphics
Scanning
OCR
Photography
Publishing
Viewer
TextTools
DesktopSettings
HardwareSettings
Printing
PackageManager
Dialup
InstantMessaging
Chat
IRCClient
FileTransfer
HamRadio
News
P2P
RemoteAccess
Telephony
TelephonyTools
VideoConference
WebBrowser
WebDevelopment
Midi
Mixer
Sequencer
Tuner
TV
AudioVideoEditing
Player
Recorder
DiscBurning
ActionGame
AdventureGame
ArcadeGame
BoardGame
BlocksGame
CardGame
KidsGame
LogicGame
RolePlaying
Simulation
SportsGame
StrategyGame
Art
Construction
Music
Languages
Science
ArtificialIntelligence
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
ComputerScience
DataVisualization
Economy
Electricity
Geography
Geology
Geoscience
History
ImageProcessing
Literature
Math
NumericalAnalysis
MedicalSoftware
Physics
Robotics
Sports
ParallelComputing
Amusement
Archiving
Compression
Electronics
Emulator
Engineering
FileTools
FileManager
TerminalEmulator
Filesystem
Monitor
Security
Accessibility
Calculator
Clock
TextEditor
Documentation
Core
KDE
GNOME
GTK
Qt
Motif
Java
ConsoleOnly
および「予約済みカテゴリ」。
Screensaver
TrayIcon
Applet
Shell