[xubuntu-users] Automatically starting applications in Xubuntu

[Rog]

Try this - use settings to restore what is running when you logoff. Go to the 
menu drop down, top left. Select

    Settings > General tab     and tick "Automatically save session on logout"

/roger

On 11/22/2013 05:28 AM, Sachin Kumar wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> Sachin Kumar
>

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