13.10 - How can we setup Startup tasks

In Windows we can add applications/batch scripts to open automatically on startup. Is there something similar in Ubuntu, or Linux in general?

To setup tasks to run on login, use gnome-session-properties. This means you can add programs to run when you login to user account on your machine.

You can configure it like this - just add the command you want to run in the command box:

Very long answer on that here

To get things to run when the computer boots, use rc.local:

You can edit it with sudo nano /etc/rc.local, or gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local.

Makes sure it has this line at the start of the file:

 #!/bin/sh -e

Below that, you can place commands that will run as root when you start the computer.

Also make sure it has this line at the end:

exit 0

More on that here