Starting applications at logon time

[Garrett LeSage]

Ken Chamberlain wrote:

>Is there anyway to automatically start applications when logging on to
>the graphical logon (X, gnome or KDE or whatever)?  By that I mean when
>you logon via the graphical logon screen into X (Gnome or KDE), having
>x-apps like gaim and evolution automatically start.  I know about
>~/.bash_profile, but if I put something in there it would also start
>when I ssh or scp into that host (which I don't want).  I was thinking
>along the lines of windows idea of Start > Programs > Startup, but it
>doesn't need to be that easy.
>
>Any ideas? 
>  
>

Menu > Preferences > More Preferences > Sessions.

Click on the "Startup Programs" tab and then add whatever you'd like to 
launch.

Garrett