Fedora 33 - Run command or script at startup

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In 2020 (last day today too), Fedora 33, what is the ideal way to run a command or script at startup?

I am asking this again because over the years I have seen several different ways of doing it, some of which are now obsolete, so in 2020, what is the ideal way to do this?

I don't keep much history in my head, but according to Wikipedia, "In May 2011 Fedora became the first major Linux distribution to enable systemd by default", which seems to be Fedora 15. — Jeff Schaller, Dec 31 '20 at 18:42
Duplicate of https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/170068/117549 ? — Jeff Schaller, Dec 31 '20 at 18:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 13 '22 at 09:26

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I was able to do this by creating my own .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart. I'm running Fedora Cinnamon Edition, not sure if this works in other distributions.

Example: Create a file named discord-desktop.desktop with the following content. On the restart, discord will start minimized.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Discord Desktop
Comment=Discord Desktop for Linux
Exec=flatpak run com.discordapp.Discord --start-minimized
Type=Application

edited Nov 13 '22 at 09:26

Abdul Rehman

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answered Mar 06 '21 at 11:59

olfek

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Not useful if you're not running a desktop environment. – Aditya K Jun 03 '21 at 11:36
I'm not sure running a command at desktop login counts as "run a command or script at startup". – Dan Moulding Nov 13 '23 at 16:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 05 '21 at 12:37

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I'd put the command in root user's crontab with @reboot directive, i.e.

@reboot /root/myscript.sh

It's a quick and easy way to put small, quick commands to run at startup.

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answered Jun 04 '21 at 16:51

NothingsImpossible

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 31 '20 at 12:36

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Create a systemd unit
put it into /etc/rc.d/rc.local (that's a file not a directory) and enable it:

sudo systemctl enable rc-local.service

answered Dec 31 '20 at 12:36

Artem S. Tashkinov

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https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/471871 ? – olfek Dec 31 '20 at 13:05
It perfectly works for me on a number of PCs and servers. Also it's one place you can easily remember. If you don't like it, create a systemd unit. – Artem S. Tashkinov Dec 31 '20 at 13:17

Fedora 33 - Run command or script at startup

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