diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 87188a4..c83cd67 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "0.6.10"
+version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr 2.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -234,6 +234,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-epoch 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crossbeam-utils 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -243,6 +252,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayvec 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crossbeam-utils 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "memoffset 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nodrop 0.1.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "scopeguard 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-epoch"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -264,6 +287,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.6.5"
@@ -273,6 +304,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deunicode"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -288,6 +324,11 @@ name = "dtoa"
 version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.17"
@@ -580,12 +621,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime_guess 1.8.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "nfd 0.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "number_prefix 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "regex 1.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "regex 1.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "reqwest 0.9.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "semver 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.89 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.89 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "slug 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "sysinfo 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tar 0.4.22 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "toml 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "url 1.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1051,6 +1094,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-deque 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "either 1.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rayon-core 1.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-core"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-deque 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.50 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rdrand"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -1085,19 +1149,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "aho-corasick 0.7.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "memchr 2.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "regex-syntax 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "thread_local 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "utf8-ranges 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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-version = "0.6.5"
+version = "0.6.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "ucd-util 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1289,6 +1353,14 @@ name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slug"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "deunicode 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1335,6 +1407,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sysinfo"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.50 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rayon 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "take"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1872,7 +1955,7 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum dtoa 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6d301140eb411af13d3115f9a562c85cc6b541ade9dfa314132244aaee7489dd"
+"checksum either 1.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c67353c641dc847124ea1902d69bd753dee9bb3beff9aa3662ecf86c971d1fac"
 "checksum encoding_rs 0.8.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4155785c79f2f6701f185eb2e6b4caf0555ec03477cb4c70db67b465311620ed"
 "checksum failure 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "795bd83d3abeb9220f257e597aa0080a508b27533824adf336529648f6abf7e2"
 "checksum failure_derive 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ea1063915fd7ef4309e222a5a07cf9c319fb9c7836b1f89b85458672dbb127e1"
@@ -1988,12 +2076,14 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum rand_pcg 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "abf9b09b01790cfe0364f52bf32995ea3c39f4d2dd011eac241d2914146d0b44"
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-"checksum regex 1.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "53ee8cfdddb2e0291adfb9f13d31d3bbe0a03c9a402c01b1e24188d86c35b24f"
-"checksum regex-syntax 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8c2f35eedad5295fdf00a63d7d4b238135723f92b434ec06774dad15c7ab0861"
+"checksum regex 1.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "559008764a17de49a3146b234641644ed37d118d1ef641a0bb573d146edc6ce0"
+"checksum regex-syntax 0.6.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dcfd8681eebe297b81d98498869d4aae052137651ad7b96822f09ceb690d0a96"
 "checksum relay 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1576e382688d7e9deecea24417e350d3062d97e32e45d70b1cde65994ff1489a"
 "checksum remove_dir_all 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3488ba1b9a2084d38645c4c08276a1752dcbf2c7130d74f1569681ad5d2799c5"
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@@ -2017,6 +2107,7 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum slab 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c111b5bd5695e56cffe5129854aa230b39c93a305372fdbb2668ca2394eea9f8"
+"checksum slug 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b3bc762e6a4b6c6fcaade73e77f9ebc6991b676f88bb2358bddb56560f073373"
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@@ -2024,6 +2115,7 @@ dependencies = [
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e5d0d6c..44fee18 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ serde_json = "1.0.39"
 toml = "0.5.0"
 
 semver = {version = "0.9.0", features = ["serde"]}
-regex = "1.1.2"
+regex = "1.1.5"
 
-dirs = "1.0"
+dirs = "1.0.5"
 zip = "0.5.1"
 xz2 = "0.1.6"
 tar = "0.4"
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ nfd = "0.0.4"
 
 winapi = { version = "0.3", features = ["psapi", "winbase", "winioctl", "winnt"] }
 
+[target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
+sysinfo = "0.8.2"
+slug = "0.1.4"
+
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
 winres = "0.1"
 cc = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f6f6237..f618969 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ extern crate clap;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 extern crate winapi;
 
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+extern crate sysinfo;
+extern crate slug;
+
 mod archives;
 mod assets;
 mod config;
diff --git a/src/native/mod.rs b/src/native/mod.rs
index 64f2ae6..54c9950 100644
--- a/src/native/mod.rs
+++ b/src/native/mod.rs
@@ -211,16 +211,67 @@ mod natives {
 
     use logging::LoggingErrors;
 
-    pub fn create_shortcut(
-        _name: &str,
-        _description: &str,
-        _target: &str,
-        _args: &str,
-        _working_dir: &str,
-    ) -> Result<String, String> {
-        // TODO: no-op
-        warn!("create_shortcut is stubbed!");
+    use sysinfo::{ProcessExt, SystemExt};
 
+    use dirs;
+
+    use slug::slugify;
+    use std::fs::{create_dir_all, File};
+    use std::io::Write;
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    pub fn create_shortcut(
+        name: &str,
+        description: &str,
+        target: &str,
+        args: &str,
+        working_dir: &str,
+    ) -> Result<String, String> {
+        // FIXME: no icon will be shown since no icon is provided
+        let data_local_dir = dirs::data_local_dir();
+        match data_local_dir {
+            Some(x) => {
+                let mut path = x;
+                path.push("applications");
+                match create_dir_all(path.to_path_buf()) {
+                    Ok(_) => (()),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        return Err(format!(
+                            "Local data directory does not exist and cannot be created: {}",
+                            e
+                        ));
+                    }
+                };
+                path.push(format!("{}.desktop", slugify(name))); // file name
+                let desktop_file = format!(
+                    "[Desktop Entry]\nName={}\nExec=\"{}\" {}\nComment={}\nPath={}\n",
+                    name, target, args, description, working_dir
+                );
+                let desktop_f = File::create(path);
+                let mut desktop_f = match desktop_f {
+                    Ok(file) => file,
+                    Err(e) => return Err(format!("Unable to create desktop file: {}", e)),
+                };
+                let mut desktop_f = desktop_f.write_all(desktop_file.as_bytes());
+                match desktop_f {
+                    Ok(_) => Ok("".to_string()),
+                    Err(e) => Err(format!("Unable to write desktop file: {}", e)),
+                }
+            }
+            // return error when failed to acquire local data directory
+            None => Err("Unable to determine local data directory".to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    pub fn create_shortcut(
+        name: &str,
+        description: &str,
+        target: &str,
+        args: &str,
+        working_dir: &str,
+    ) -> Result<String, String> {
+        warn!("STUB! Creating shortcut is not implemented on macOS");
         Ok("".to_string())
     }
 
@@ -244,8 +295,17 @@ mod natives {
 
     /// Returns a list of running processes
     pub fn get_process_names() -> Vec<super::Process> {
-        // TODO: no-op
-        vec![]
+        // a platform-independent implementation using sysinfo crate
+        let mut processes: Vec<super::Process> = Vec::new();
+        let mut system = sysinfo::System::new();
+        system.refresh_all();
+        for (pid, procs) in system.get_process_list() {
+            processes.push(super::Process {
+                pid: *pid as usize,
+                name: procs.name().to_string(),
+            });
+        }
+        processes // return running processes
     }
 }