Bug 500733

Summary: Kicker: Disambiguate same app installed from different sources
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Nate Graham <nate>
Component: Application Menu (Kicker) widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist Keywords: usability
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.3.0   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Bug Blocks: 499065    

Description Nate Graham 2025-02-25 15:59:11 UTC
If you install the same app from different sources (i.e. Flatpak and distro packages) then they can appear identical in Kicker.

As long as both have the same AppStream ID, we can teach Kicker to know they're the same app and visually disambiguate them somehow.