---
name: "desktop-autoloader"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "desktop-autoloader"
version: "0.0.4-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/desktop-autoloader"
---

# desktop-autoloader(1)

Desktop Session Autoloader Launch Script

## NAME

desktop-autoloader - Desktop Session Autoloader Launch Script

## SYNOPSIS

**desktop-autoloader**

## DESCRIPTION

**desktop-autoloader** is a tiny script that loads a virtual desktop session in Xvfb. Its purpose is to fill the kernel's file system RAM cache with all necessary files needed for running a real desktop session (of the same type).

The Desktop Session Autoloader is a nice-to-have tool on diskless clients (aka LTSP Fat Clients). It accelerates the login of the first-user-of-the-day tremendously. To take advantage of the pre-loaded desktop session, make sure the diskless systems get launched via Wake-on-LAN before 7:30am.

**desktop-autoloader** should not be executed directly, it is executed via CRON. It gets only executed when the system is booted before a certain time of day (so it does not inflict performance breakdown on already running sessions.

## OPTIONS

There are no options.

## SEE ALSO

/etc/cron.d/desktop-autoloader /etc/desktop-autoloader/autostart/\*.desktop

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Mike Gabriel \<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de\> for the Debian Project.