[tor-bugs] #15882 [- Select a component]: Tor Browser shows up as Firefox in Ubuntu dash/launcher

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#15882: Tor Browser shows up as Firefox in Ubuntu dash/launcher
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks           |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:
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 On Debian (with Gnome), Tor Browser always showed up using the green,
 obvious Tor Browser icon (provided as tor-browser_en-
 US/Browser/browser/icons/mozicon128.png).

 For some reason, on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit with Unity (v 7.2.4) if I start
 Tor Browser using the new "start-tor-browser.desktop" file, whether run
 from the terminal or by double-clicking, it simply attaches to the Firefox
 icon and treats it like a second instance of Firefox. It does not get its
 own icon using the provided "mozicon128.png".

 Even when I drag the .desktop file into the launcher and click it, it
 still attaches the process to the Firefox icon.

 This might lead to confusion for users who run Firefox in a normal session
 and Tor Browser concurrently and they might inadvertently enter
 information intended for TBB into their normal Firefox or vice versa.

 As far as I can tell, it's a purely visual issue, but from a design
 perspective, I would think it'd be advantageous to keep the two identities
 as separate as possible, including in the launcher / dash.

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