Indeed, upstream renamed the .desktop but we added compatibility ones for user configs on upgrade, the other one is using NoDisplay but nautilus doesn't respect that...
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574121 Title: gedit has two .desktop files, causing duplicate "open with" entries Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Installing gedit (3.18.3) on Ubuntu 16.04 causes two .desktop entries to be created in /usr/share/applications: org.gnome.gedit.desktop and gedit.desktop. This causes two "open with" entries in Nautilus/Files. Only one should be installed. Deleting gedit.desktop currently serves as a workaround. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1574121/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

