Configure Startup Programs In Ubuntu!
For those of you using a Linux OS, you might have wanted to start a particular program or application at start up - when you login.
Windows has a StartUp folder, and placing a shortcut there does the job. What about Linux?
This is something I have done on my setup - Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. But I am sure that it is available in other Linux distribution, because it is a reminiscent of Unix.
Here is what you need to do. Go to the home folder, and edit your login’s .profile file. In Ubuntu, the steps would be as follows:
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