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+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=Application
+Name=Xmonad
+Comment=Lightweight X11 tiled window manager written in Haskell
+Exec=xmonad
+Icon=xmonad
+Terminal=false
+StartupNotify=false
+Categories=Application