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I have been searching for a while for a method that starts applications on boot.

  • rc.local
  • Startup Applications in Ubuntu.

Is Startup Applications available only on Ubuntu, or does it have versions in other distributions?

muru
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Startup Applications, as far as I know, adds a .desktop file to /etc/xdg/autostart/ directory. This directory is not exclusive to Ubuntu. I run Fedora 20 on my other laptop, and it's the same method. Another way is to place a .desktop file into your ~/.config/autostart/ directory. Again , this is not exclusive to Ubuntu.

In both cases, though, the scripts/programs open on particular user login.

As for rc.local, it's part of System V init tools, and it can be specified to run on boot, specific runlevel, reboot, or shutdown. You can learn about it slightly more here and here

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Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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Almost all distibutions that are based on Ubuntu have "Startup Applications" option. I'm not sure about distors that are not based on Ubuntu.

I can confirm that "Elementary OS, Zorin OS, Linux Mint" have it.

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    Lubuntu has this feature as well although the interface is different. Strictly speaking though, Startup Applications starts applications on login, not on boot. – Organic Marble Apr 22 '15 at 11:43