Custom Desktop Sessions

In this video we discover the awesome power that a custom desktop session can give the Linux user over their computing experience. Create a custom kiosk, or even boot directly into a virtual machine.



NOTES:

sudo nano /usr/share/xsessions/Debian.desktop

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Debian OS
Comment=
Exec=/usr/bin/debian-session
Type=Application

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wmctrl -m (this will show what window manager you're using)


sudo nano /usr/bin/debian-session

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#! /usr/bin/env bash

xsetroot -solid "#000000" &

openbox &

virtualbox --startvm Debian --fullscreen &

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sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/debian-session