Long story short I Shifted to Linux Mint and there was no desktop application for WhatsApp all other seemed a bit sus
it gets hard to navigate through multiple tabs and windows and browsers to find and as no Desktop App was available i just used a Shell Script to navigate to a browser and open that webpage in its own window basically looking like its own App hence the name Apple
- Type it into Terminal which'll open Text editor
sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/whatsapp-webapp.desktopThis might require password, it bascially create a whatsapp-webapp.desktop at the destination /usr/share/applications/ using the gedit text editor
- Change this path in the
whatsapp-webapp.desktopfile in the script :
/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome/usr/bin/firefoxor any other chromium based browser u have
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Change Icon if you wish or the link for the webpage of you choice:
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Navigate to
/usr/share/applications/and execute the Shell Script
sudo chmod +x whatsapp-webapp.desktopand Press enter, there should be no error and no comments This comment using the Superuser access changes the mode of the file to [e]xecute the Shell Script
ℹ️ Find files of browsersℹ️ Shell scripting basicsℹ️ Basic Scriptℹ️ Testingℹ️ Icons?ℹ️ Used CoPilot image generator for making india+space+WA iconℹ️ Remove background from the iconℹ️ Enjoy