[xubuntu-users] Automatically starting applications in Xubuntu

[Sachin Kumar]

Hi,

I'm trying to run some applications/commands when the Xubuntu sessions
starts up.  Right now I'm doing this by putting all such commands in
a single shell script, ~/.autostart and then creating a .desktop entry
in ~/.config/autostart which calls the autostart script:

  [Desktop Entry]
  Exec=/home/sachin/.autostart

This works fine, but I was wondering if there is a more generic way of
doing this (so that I can move over my config files to another Xfce
system -- not necesserily Xubuntu).  The Xfce wiki [1] states that Xfce
sources the file ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc when the session starts.  Why
doesn't Xubuntu do this?  I'm running Xubuntu 12.10.

[1]: https://wiki.xfce.org/tips#how_to_customize_starting_xfce

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Sachin Kumar