diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,3 +72,15 @@ files) is placed.
 
 When you export the book as MP3 a new folder "export" is created within the book's folder where the MP3 files are placed.
 MP3 files are all tagged with the book title, chapter title, chapter number and comment.
+
+
+Building
+========
+
+1. Check out this repo
+2. Install `ant` and `default-jdk`
+3. Install [git LFS support](https://help.github.com/articles/installing-git-large-file-storage/)
+4. Pull the large files with `git lfs pull`
+5. Build with `ant build`
+6. Run with `java -jar ./AudiobookRecorder.jar`
+
diff --git a/dist/linux/audiobookrecorder.desktop b/dist/linux/audiobookrecorder.desktop
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=AudiobookRecorder
+GenericName=Audiobook Recorder
+X-GNOME-FullName=AudiobookRecorder
+Comment=Record audiobooks with ease
+Keywords=audio
+Exec=AudiobookRecorder
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+StartupNotify=true
+Icon=AudiobookRecorder
+Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;Recorder;
+X-AppStream-Ignore=true