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I have not used any type of linux distro for years, so I may as well be a first time user here. I installed Lubuntu on an old laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro) just to check it and see how i go with it. I am using transmission as my torrent client, and wanted it to start when I login.... I did a search and apparently I need to open Dash,and from there add it to the startup applications, but for the life of me I cannot find "dash" or "Startup Applications". There was also mention of a sidebar.. but I don't have one of these, and there was also reference to clicking the ubuntu icon in the top right hand corner, but again.. I don't have this. SO I am rather confused at this point in time.

I managed to install sysinfo and it tells me I am running release: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) GNOME: unknown Kernel: 4.4.0-28-generic GCC version: no gcc detected Xorg version: 1.18.3 (18th May 2016)

Just on that, it says Ubuntu there as you can see... I know Lubuntu us based Ubuntu, so I am confused if I have downloaded and installed Ubuntu or Lubuntu..Oh the joys of new toys!

thanks to anybody that can help me out here.

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According to a web page, you can autostart programs in Lubuntu 16.04 this way:

  1. Go to the menu button → Preferences → Default applications for LXSession
  2. Click Autostart
  3. Click Add
  4. Type in the command to run
  5. Click Add again
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Dash is a feature of the Unity desktop, which is used by standard Ubuntu. Lubuntu, while an Ubuntu "flavor," uses a different, lightweight desktop called LXDE instead. It doesn't have Dash.

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