I don't think we know of a good way to fix this for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The "duplicate" .desktop was provided for upgrade compatibility reasons and will be dropped in Ubuntu 18.10. But we can't really drop it in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS because we want it to be there for the upgrade to finish there even for users who haven't upgraded to 18.04 LTS yet.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1739263 Title: Gnome terminal always open new window in gnome shell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1739263/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs