desktop-entry-locations.md

Full list: /usr/share/ubuntu/applications, /usr/share/gnome/applications, /home/henryh/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications, /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications, /usr/local/share/applications, /usr/share/applications, /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications

general:

system-wide (most): /usr/share/applications system-wide (locally compiled): /usr/local/share/applications local: ~/.local/share/applications

Flatpak apps:

public (global): /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/ actual: /var/lib/flatpak/app//current/active/export/share/applications/