systemd-xdg-autostart-generator systemd systemd-xdg-autostart-generator 8 systemd-xdg-autostart-generator User unit generator for XDG autostart files /usr/lib/systemd/user-generators/systemd-xdg-autostart-generator Description systemd-xdg-autostart-generator is a generator that creates .service units for XDG autostart files. This permits desktop environments to delegate startup of these applications to systemd1 . Units created by systemd-xdg-autostart-generator can be started by the desktop environment using xdg-desktop-autostart.target. See systemd.special7 for more details. systemd-xdg-autostart-generator implements systemd.generator7. See Also systemd1, systemd.service5, systemd.target5