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GNOME Shell extension. See cosmic-epoch for COSMIC Epoch
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[Feature Request]: Make adding Startup Apps easier #246

Open youdontneedtoknow22 opened 2 years ago

youdontneedtoknow22 commented 2 years ago

There's a way around this, but I believe this should be done easier. I'm using Mega for syncing and I noticed that it's not starting up automatically, so I wanted to add it. In windows it's easy, you click add and choose the path (C:/program files/mega/..), in Linux it's a lot more complicated with Flatpaks and apt (especially when you still don't have an idea where are the programs installed). I couldn't find the path nor the command for Mega (without installing a 3rd party software)

Can you integrate "choose from installed apps" to the Startup Applications utility? Right there: image

JonathanSundberg commented 1 year ago

Bump +1 Linux mint also has a much easier way to add startup progams, not sure why pop os requires a command and everything

Meek97 commented 3 months ago

I agree, this process should be a little more streamlined, especially for users who aren't as comfortable with terminal commands. If someone has no idea about flatpak / debian packages, and is just using the pop-shop to install apps this interface would be totally alien to them. The inclusion of some sort of app-picker would be a boon to that type of user, and save more savvy users from tracking down app ID's and doing a few google searches.

For anyone else who ends up here looking for a solution, here's the TL;DR for flatpak apps at least: get the flatpak app id, and use the following command format flatpak run <flatpak app ID> in Startup Applications

How to start a flatpak at boot?

marvelggg 3y ago Edited 3y ago

Search for the Application ID: flatpak search deluge then use this program to run it: flatpak run org.deluge_torrent.deluge ...