Improve shortcut creation on Linux

Author: HelioGuilherme66

README.adoc

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.4, but RIDE is known to work w
 
 `pip install -U robotframework-ride`
 
-(3.9 <= python <= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.2dev4**) with:
+(3.9 <= python <= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.2dev5**) with:
 
 `pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/develop.zip`
 

src/robotide/postinstall/__init__.py

@@ -171,21 +171,20 @@ def _askdirectory(title, initialdir, frame=None):
 
 
 def _create_desktop_shortcut_linux(frame=None):
-    from os.path import expanduser
+    from os.path import expanduser, basename
     from os import chmod, chown
     from stat import S_IRWXU
-    import subprocess
     import pwd
     import sysconfig
     # DEBUG: Add more languages
     desktop = {"de": "Desktop", "en": "Desktop", "es": "Escritorio",
                "fi": r"Työpöytä", "fr": "Bureau", "it": "Scrivania",
                "pt": r"Área de Trabalho", "zh": "Desktop"}
-    user = getlogin()
+    user = basename(expanduser('~'))
     try:
         ndesktop = desktop[DEFAULT_LANGUAGE[0][:2]]
-        directory = join("/home", user, ndesktop)
-        defaultdir = join("/home", user, "Desktop")
+        directory = join(expanduser('~'), ndesktop)
+        defaultdir = join(expanduser('~'), "Desktop")
         if not exists(directory):
             if exists(defaultdir):
                 directory = defaultdir

src/robotide/version.py

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated by `tasks.py`.
 
-VERSION = 'v2.2.2dev4'
+VERSION = 'v2.2.2dev5'