Startup

    Published: 2022-12-07
    Updated: 2023-11-08

    Making programs run on startup can be archived a few different ways. The ones documented here are the ones that have been tested and confirmed to work.

    GUI Startup 🔗

    Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingProgramToSessionStartup

    • Go to activities at the top left (Or press Windows key)
    • Then type startup
    • Launch Startup Applications Prefernces
    • Click Add
    • Supply any suitable name
    • Use the Browse... button to find the executable that you want to run
    • Click Add

    Cron 🔗

    See the Cron page.

    Other options 🔗

    Source: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/run-command-start-up

    Not tested other than the Cron option, but they look promising so saving for future reference.