Freedesktop.org

This page is about freedesktop.org is a project to work on interoperability and shared base technology for free software desktop environments for the X Window System and Wayland on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

Links

• freedesktop.org

Autostart

Reference:

• https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/0.5/ar01s02.html

Autostart file location:

• /etc/xdg/autostart
• ~/.config/autostart

Troubleshooting app not starting

• Check if .desktop file contains a OnlyShowIn entry.
• Check if system-level autostart is not disabled at user-level. This is done by creating a user .desktop file with same name and with the key Hidden=true.
• See reference for more.