On Thursday 14 April 2005 20:05, Gerrit Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > automatically starting a screen session at startup? > > While I think that user specific services are useful, I don't think cron > is the right place for that. The init system should support user-owned > services and an interface for the user to manage them. I personally use > the runit programs for that, see also
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