Creating Jabref launcher for Fedora Core 15 I am not sure why, Fedora Core does not include Jabref in their distro, unlike Ubuntu. Since this is application is VERY CRUCIAL in my work, so I ease up my days by writing my own desktop shortcut file. So I have option whether to run through terminals or simply desktop. Here goes. I am not aware if anybody else actually created this, since I cannot file any. With you favorite editor, write an empty file, let say jabref.desktop .. locate it in your favorite place. [Desktop Entry] Name=Jabref GenericName=Jabref Exec=java -jar /home/najmi/JabRef-2.7.jar Icon=jabref Terminal=false Type=Application Change the values accordingly. Prior to that, don't forget to get the JAR file for JabRef! Now, as you can see we have a value, Icon=Jabref. This actually points to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/ Now, we just have to locate them in the following places /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/