Introduction

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LXDE is a lightweight desktop that I recommend for low-resource computers, old or multifunction home servers.

On many occasions we want to run an application every time our PC starts, so let’s see how to do it.

Steps

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1. We create a file in the LXDE configuration with the following command

   nano /home/NUESTROUSUARIO/.config/autostart/NOMBREAPP.desktop

2. The content of the file will be as follows

   //NO COPIES LOS COMENTARIOS
   [Desktop Entry]
   Type=Application
   //Le daremos el nombre deseado
   Name=Boblight autostart
   //Un comentario descriptivo de su función
   Comment=Iniciar Boblight
   //Comando a ejecutar por ejemplo boblight
   Exec=boblightd
   //Le diremos si queremos que sólo se ejecute en sesiones LXDE
   OnlyShowIn=LXDE

3. Press Crtl + o and then CTRL + X

In this way, every time we log in with our LXDE environment, the boblight daemon (boblightd) will be executed, but it could be anything else.