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In Gnome or Unity, you can delay the startup of an application by placing the following file in the following directory:

~/.config/autostart/firefox1.desktop

[Desktop Entry] 
Type=Application
Name=Firefox
GenericName=Firefox
Comment=Sync Firefox
Exec=firefox ~/Desktop/map.html start -i
Icon=firefox
Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=10

However, the x-gnome-autostart command does not work in xfce in Xubuntu. Is there a way to accomplish this in xfce?

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If a command needs to run on startup (actually log in) you can delay the command in the format:

/bin/bash -c "sleep 15 && firefox"

Your entries:

Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false

won't hurt, but are unnecessary, they are the default.

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Turns out using this line as exec works to open it in a terminal

xterm -e 'sleep 10 && firefox'

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    Why run it in a terminal? Run /bin/bash -c "sleep 10 && firefox" Aug 8, 2016 at 6:05
  • I'll try that as soon as I get access to the machine again. I tried something like that and it didn't work, but maybe it's because i ommited everything before "sleep"
    – Blaine
    Aug 8, 2016 at 9:42
  • Then it won't work indeed :) Aug 8, 2016 at 9:59
  • @JacobVlijm Thank you! This works outside of terminal. If you post it as an answer, I will mark it as accepted
    – Blaine
    Aug 10, 2016 at 4:08

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