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Debian has two menu systems:

The so called Debian menu system provides a centralized list of all installed user applications (for which the packager provided a menu entry). It is a documented in the DebianPolicy. Those menu entries are available in most window manager / Desktop environment in Debian (KDE, GNOME, ?GNUStep, ?Enlightenment and ?Windowmaker, making every application available in every environment). Each application drop a menu entry in /usr/share/application and menu manager register to menu by droping an entry in /etc/menu-methods/.
The Freedesktop Desktop Menu Specification, which was adopted as the primary menu in Gnome, KDE, LXDE and others. It is famous for the *.desktop files in /usr/share/applications

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- * The so called ''Debian menu system'' provides a centralized list of all installed user applications (for which the packager provided a {{{menu}}} entry).  It is a documented in the DebianPolicy. Those menu entries are available in most [[WindowManager|window manager] / [[DesktopEnvironment|Desktop environment]] in Debian ([[KDE]], GNOME, [[GNUStep]], [[Enlightenment]] and [[Windowmaker]], making every application available in every environment). Each application drop a menu entry in {{{/usr/share/application}}} and menu manager register to menu by droping an entry in {{{/etc/menu-methods/}}}.
+ * The so called ''Debian menu system'' provides a centralized list of all installed user applications (for which the packager provided a {{{menu}}} entry).  It is a documented in the DebianPolicy. Those menu entries are available in most [[WindowManager|window manager]] / [[DesktopEnvironment|Desktop environment]] in Debian ([[KDE]], GNOME, [[GNUStep]], [[Enlightenment]] and [[Windowmaker]], making every application available in every environment). Each application drop a menu entry in {{{/usr/share/application}}} and menu manager register to menu by droping an entry in {{{/etc/menu-methods/}}}.