Yes, software-properties-drivers.desktop has NotShowIn=GNOME;KDE; One reason this was done for Ubuntu GNOME was because the app does not provide a generic app icon (!) so it looks really bad if the icon theme is set to Adwaita for instance.
I think this would need a User Interface Freeze Exception if we wanted to fix this for Ubuntu 17.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710377 Title: "Additional Drivers" desktop shortcut missing in Ubuntu 17.10 Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: There used to be an "Additional Drivers" shortcut in the applications list in Unity. This shortcut is missing in the GNOME Shell Overview in Ubuntu 17.10. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1710377/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp