diff --git a/src/main/menus/app.ts b/src/main/menus/app.ts
index 68b718af3c..7e15ec666e 100644
--- a/src/main/menus/app.ts
+++ b/src/main/menus/app.ts
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export function createTemplate(config: Config, updateManager: UpdateManager) {
         ]);
     }
 
-    const viewSubMenu = [{
+    const viewSubMenu: Electron.MenuItemConstructorOptions[] = [{
         label: localizeMessage('main.menus.app.view.find', 'Find..'),
         accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+F',
         click() {
@@ -250,11 +250,17 @@ export function createTemplate(config: Config, updateManager: UpdateManager) {
             session.defaultSession.clearCache();
             ViewManager.reload();
         },
-    }, {
-        role: 'togglefullscreen',
-        label: localizeMessage('main.menus.app.view.fullscreen', 'Toggle Full Screen'),
-        accelerator: isMac ? 'Ctrl+Cmd+F' : 'F11',
-    }, separatorItem, {
+    }];
+
+    if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+        viewSubMenu.push({
+            role: 'togglefullscreen',
+            label: localizeMessage('main.menus.app.view.fullscreen', 'Toggle Full Screen'),
+            accelerator: isMac ? 'Ctrl+Cmd+F' : 'F11',
+        });
+    }
+
+    viewSubMenu.push(separatorItem, {
         label: localizeMessage('main.menus.app.view.actualSize', 'Actual Size'),
         role: 'resetZoom',
         accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+0',
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ export function createTemplate(config: Config, updateManager: UpdateManager) {
     }, separatorItem, {
         label: localizeMessage('main.menus.app.view.devToolsSubMenu', 'Developer Tools'),
         submenu: devToolsSubMenu,
-    }];
+    });
 
     if (process.platform !== 'darwin' && process.platform !== 'win32') {
         viewSubMenu.push(separatorItem);
diff --git a/src/main/windows/mainWindow.ts b/src/main/windows/mainWindow.ts
index 074036ef69..c32e22c745 100644
--- a/src/main/windows/mainWindow.ts
+++ b/src/main/windows/mainWindow.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class MainWindow extends EventEmitter {
 
         const windowOptions: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions = Object.assign({}, this.savedWindowState, {
             title: app.name,
-            fullscreenable: true,
+            fullscreenable: process.platform !== 'linux',
             show: false, // don't start the window until it is ready and only if it isn't hidden
             paintWhenInitiallyHidden: true, // we want it to start painting to get info from the webapp
             minWidth: MINIMUM_WINDOW_WIDTH,
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ export class MainWindow extends EventEmitter {
     };
 
     private shouldStartFullScreen = () => {
+        if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if (global?.args?.fullscreen !== undefined) {
             return global.args.fullscreen;
         }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/SettingsPage.tsx b/src/renderer/components/SettingsPage.tsx
index 5419d946c3..2406fe2bb4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/SettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/SettingsPage.tsx
@@ -982,32 +982,34 @@ class SettingsPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
             </FormCheck>,
         );
 
-        options.push(
-            <FormCheck
-                key='inputStartInFullScreen'
-            >
-                <FormCheck.Input
-                    type='checkbox'
-                    id='inputStartInFullScreen'
-                    ref={this.startInFullscreenRef}
-                    checked={this.state.startInFullscreen}
-                    onChange={this.handleChangeStartInFullscreen}
-                />
-                <FormattedMessage
-                    id='renderer.components.settingsPage.fullscreen'
-                    defaultMessage='Open app in fullscreen'
-                />
-                <FormText>
+        if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+            options.push(
+                <FormCheck
+                    key='inputStartInFullScreen'
+                >
+                    <FormCheck.Input
+                        type='checkbox'
+                        id='inputStartInFullScreen'
+                        ref={this.startInFullscreenRef}
+                        checked={this.state.startInFullscreen}
+                        onChange={this.handleChangeStartInFullscreen}
+                    />
                     <FormattedMessage
-                        id='renderer.components.settingsPage.fullscreen.description'
-                        defaultMessage='If enabled, the {appName} application will always open in full screen'
-                        values={{
-                            appName: this.state.appName,
-                        }}
+                        id='renderer.components.settingsPage.fullscreen'
+                        defaultMessage='Open app in fullscreen'
                     />
-                </FormText>
-            </FormCheck>,
-        );
+                    <FormText>
+                        <FormattedMessage
+                            id='renderer.components.settingsPage.fullscreen.description'
+                            defaultMessage='If enabled, the {appName} application will always open in full screen'
+                            values={{
+                                appName: this.state.appName,
+                            }}
+                        />
+                    </FormText>
+                </FormCheck>,
+            );
+        }
 
         options.push(
             <div