diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Base/Server/CVocaluxeServer.cs b/Vocaluxe/Base/Server/CVocaluxeServer.cs
index 62b1d14e..138df11f 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Base/Server/CVocaluxeServer.cs
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Base/Server/CVocaluxeServer.cs
@@ -598,12 +598,7 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Base.Server
 
         public static string GetServerVersion()
         {
-            var informationalVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute), false).FirstOrDefault();
-            if (informationalVersion != null)
-            {
-                informationalVersion = "";
-            }
-            return Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString() + " (" + informationalVersion + ")";
+            return Application.ProductVersion;
         }
 
         public static CBase64Image GetDelayedImage(string hashedFilename)
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PostBuildEvent.sh b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PostBuildEvent.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c9c2d125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PostBuildEvent.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+PROJECT=$1
+cd $PROJECT
+sed -i -r -e 's/AssemblyInformationalVersion\(".*?"\)/AssemblyInformationalVersion("GITVERSION")/' $PROJECT/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+sed -i -e 's/var matchingServerVersion = "";/var matchingServerVersion = "'$(git describe --long)'";/' $PROJECT/../Output/Website/js/main.js
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PreBuildEvent.sh b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PreBuildEvent.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4d7c6ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PreBuildEvent.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+PROJECT=$1
+cd $PROJECT
+sed -i -e s/GITVERSION/$(git describe --long)/ $PROJECT/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Linux/Package/Vocaluxe.desktop b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Package/Vocaluxe.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40d32f05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Package/Vocaluxe.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Version=1.0
+Name=Vocaluxe
+Keywords=game;party;singing;
+GenericName=Karaoke
+Icon=INSTALLPATH/Vocaluxe.ico
+Path=INSTALLPATH
+Exec=mono INSTALLPATH/Vocaluxe.exe %U
+Terminal=false
+StartupNotify=false
+Categories=Game;
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj b/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
index 85b12678..bc340b00 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
@@ -539,10 +539,12 @@
   <PostBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">xcopy /E /D /Y "$(ProjectDir)\Website" "$(SolutionDir)\PhoneGap"
 powershell -command "$version = git describe --long; (Get-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)..\Output\Website\js\main.js') |  Foreach-Object {$_ -replace '(?&lt;=var *matchingServerVersion * = *\")\w*(?=\" *;)', "$version"} | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)..\Output\Website\js\main.js'"
 powershell -command "(Get-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs') | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace '(?&lt;=AssemblyInformationalVersion\()(.*)(?=\))', '\"GITVERSION\"'} | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs'"</PostBuildEvent>
-  <PostBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">cp -ruT "$(ProjectDir)Website" "$(SolutionDir)/PhoneGap"</PostBuildEvent>
+    <PostBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">cp -ruT "$(ProjectDir)Website" "$(SolutionDir)/PhoneGap"</PostBuildEvent>
+    <PostBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">$(ProjectDir)Linux/Build/PostBuildEvent.sh $(ProjectDir)</PostBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PreBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">powershell -command "$version = git describe --long; (Get-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs') | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace 'GITVERSION', $version} | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs'"</PreBuildEvent>
+    <PreBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">$(ProjectDir)Linux/Build/PreBuildEvent.sh $(ProjectDir)</PreBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 7f17fb92..3701bcab 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -11,3 +11,17 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C PitchTracker clean
 	$(MAKE) -C Vocaluxe/Lib/Video/Acinerella clean
 	git checkout $(windowsLibs)
+
+INSTALLPATH?=/usr/share/vocaluxe
+WRONG_ARCH=$(shell echo $(ARCH) | sed -e s/x86/x64/ -e s/x64/x86/)
+install:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLPATH)
+	cp -ru Output/. $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLPATH)
+	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLPATH)/$(WRONG_ARCH)
+
+ICONPATH?=/usr/share/applications
+install_icon:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(ICONPATH)
+	cp Vocaluxe/Linux/Package/Vocaluxe.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(ICONPATH)/
+	sed -i -e 's=INSTALLPATH=$(INSTALLPATH)=' $(DESTDIR)$(ICONPATH)/Vocaluxe.desktop
+