diff --git a/app/src/lib/editors/linux.ts b/app/src/lib/editors/linux.ts
index 83e41dc3b8f..30c3c1e6290 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/editors/linux.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/editors/linux.ts
@@ -18,23 +18,39 @@ interface ILinuxExternalEditor {
 const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
   {
     name: 'Atom',
-    paths: ['/snap/bin/atom', '/usr/bin/atom'],
+    paths: [
+      '/snap/bin/atom', 
+      '/usr/bin/atom',
+      '/usr/bin/env atom'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Neovim',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/nvim'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/nvim',
+      '/usr/bin/env nvim'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Neovim-Qt',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/nvim-qt'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/nvim-qt',
+      '/usr/bin/env nvim-qt'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Neovide',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/neovide'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/neovide',
+      '/usr/bin/env neovide'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'gVim',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/gvim'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/gvim',
+      '/usr/bin/env gvim'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Visual Studio Code',
@@ -45,6 +61,7 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
       '/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/bin/code',
       '/var/lib/flatpak/app/com.visualstudio.code/current/active/export/bin/com.visualstudio.code',
       '.local/share/flatpak/app/com.visualstudio.code/current/active/export/bin/com.visualstudio.code',
+      '/usr/bin/env code'
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -54,6 +71,7 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
       '/usr/bin/code-insiders',
       '/var/lib/flatpak/app/com.visualstudio.code.insiders/current/active/export/bin/com.visualstudio.code.insiders',
       '.local/share/flatpak/app/com.visualstudio.code.insiders/current/active/export/bin/com.visualstudio.code.insiders',
+      '/usr/bin/env code-insiders'
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -64,19 +82,29 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
       '/usr/share/vscodium-bin/bin/codium',
       '.local/share/flatpak/app/com.vscodium.codium/current/active/export/bin/com.vscodium.codium',
       '/snap/bin/codium',
+      '/usr/bin/env codium'
     ],
   },
   {
     name: 'VSCodium (Insiders)',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/codium-insiders'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/codium-insiders',
+      '/usr/bin/env codium-insiders'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Sublime Text',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/subl'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/subl',
+      '/usr/bin/env subl'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Typora',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/typora'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/typora',
+      '/usr/bin/env typora'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'SlickEdit',
@@ -85,23 +113,31 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
       '/opt/slickedit-pro2017/bin/vs',
       '/opt/slickedit-pro2016/bin/vs',
       '/opt/slickedit-pro2015/bin/vs',
+      // maybe? '/usr/bin/env vs' //
     ],
   },
   {
     // Code editor for elementary OS
     // https://github.com/elementary/code
     name: 'Code',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/io.elementary.code'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/io.elementary.code',
+      '/usr/bin/env io.elementary.code'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Lite XL',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/lite-xl'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/lite-xl',
+      '/usr/bin/env lite-xl'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'JetBrains PhpStorm',
     paths: [
       '/snap/bin/phpstorm',
       '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/PhpStorm',
+      '/usr/bin/env phpstorm'
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -109,17 +145,23 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
     paths: [
       '/snap/bin/webstorm',
       '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/webstorm',
+      '/usr/bin/env webstorm'
     ],
   },
   {
     name: 'IntelliJ IDEA',
-    paths: ['/snap/bin/idea', '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/idea'],
+    paths: [
+      '/snap/bin/idea', 
+      '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/idea',
+      '/usr/bin/env idea'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition',
     paths: [
       '/snap/bin/intellij-idea-ultimate',
       '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/intellij-idea-ultimate',
+      '/usr/bin/env intelliji-idea-ultimate'
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -127,21 +169,31 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
     paths: [
       '/snap/bin/goland',
       '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/goland',
+      '/usr/bin/env goland'
     ],
   },
   {
     name: 'JetBrains CLion',
-    paths: ['/snap/bin/clion', '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/clion1'],
+    paths: [
+      '/snap/bin/clion', 
+      '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/clion1',
+      '/usr/bin/env clion'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'JetBrains Rider',
-    paths: ['/snap/bin/rider', '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/rider'],
+    paths: [
+      '/snap/bin/rider', 
+      '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/rider',
+      '/usr/bin/env rider'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'JetBrains RubyMine',
     paths: [
       '/snap/bin/rubymine',
       '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/rubymine',
+      '/usr/bin/env rubymine'
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -150,6 +202,7 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
       '/snap/bin/pycharm',
       '/snap/bin/pycharm-professional',
       '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/pycharm',
+      '/usr/bin/env pycharm'
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -157,6 +210,7 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
     paths: [
       '/snap/bin/rustrover',
       '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/rustrover',
+      '/usr/bin/env rustrover'
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -164,43 +218,73 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
     paths: [
       '/snap/bin/studio',
       '.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts/studio',
+      '/usr/bin/env studio'
     ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Emacs',
-    paths: ['/snap/bin/emacs', '/usr/local/bin/emacs', '/usr/bin/emacs'],
+    paths: [
+      '/snap/bin/emacs', 
+      '/usr/local/bin/emacs', 
+      '/usr/bin/emacs',
+      '/usr/bin/env emacs'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Kate',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/kate'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/kate',
+      '/usr/bin/env kate'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'GEdit',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/gedit'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/gedit',
+      '/usr/bin/env gedit'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'GNOME Text Editor',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/gnome-text-editor'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/gnome-text-editor',
+      '/usr/bin/env gnome-text-editor'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'GNOME Builder',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/gnome-builder'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/gnome-builder',
+      '/usr/bin/env gnome-builder'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Notepadqq',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/notepadqq'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/notepadqq',
+      '/usr/bin/env notepadqq'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Mousepad',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/mousepad'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/mousepad',
+      '/usr/bin/env mousepad'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Pulsar',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/pulsar'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/pulsar',
+      '/usr/bin/env pulsar'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Pluma',
-    paths: ['/usr/bin/pluma'],
+    paths: [
+      '/usr/bin/pluma',
+      '/usr/bin/env pluma'
+    ],
   },
   {
     name: 'Zed',
@@ -210,6 +294,7 @@ const editors: ILinuxExternalEditor[] = [
       '/usr/bin/zed-editor',
       '~/.local/bin/zed',
       '/usr/bin/zed',
+      '/usr/bin/env zed'
     ],
   },
 ]