Comment 6 for bug 1715185

it's not that the version in ubuntu 18.04, that's just how stable distribution works: once a package version is there, it won't be touched (barred some exceptions).

1.8.8 is available in the development version of ubuntu indeed.

If somebody figures the real reason telegram-desktop is not showing up on the menus in 18.04, then it can (and should) be fixed by a targeted update.

Either way, the .desktop file is unchanged in the last years, and it's still named the same way also in 1.8.8-1.

@mantonijevic: which PPA are you talking about? Does the package from there really show the icon?