Ubuntu – How to make a program auto-start everytime I log in in Ubuntu 14.04?

I have since discovered how to do this. I wrote a blog post to help others accomplish the same task.

http://www.codetunnel.com/blog/post/121/how-to-add-teamspeak-3-to-the-unity-launcher-in-ubuntu

I searched around for quite a while and just couldn't seem to find how to add custom applications to the Unity launcher (side bar) in Ubuntu. After much investigation I have found that applications that show up in the dashboard and on the Unity launcher have corresponding appname.desktop files in /usr/share/applications/.

I created one for TeamSpeak 3 on my machine. Here is what my Teamspeak3-client.desktop file looks like:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=3.0.6
Name=Teamspeak 3 Client
GenericName=Teamspeak
Exec=/home/alex/TeamSpeak3-Client-linux_amd64/ts3client_runscript.sh
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=/home/alex/TeamSpeak3-Client-linux_amd64/pluginsdk/docs/client_html/images/logo.png
StartupWMClass=Teamspeak
StartupNotify=true

Obviously you would modify the version number to reflect the version you have installed. Also double-check the path for the "Exec" and "Icon" options. My installation was located in my home directory.

In Chromium, Desktop Integration is changed now to Installed Websites:

Firefox offers the same functionality through the General section:

Until now you sow where you can find the exceptions for web applications and, implicitly, from where to remove this exceptions. Here is a list of sites that support integration in Ubuntu: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/list-of-that-websites-support-unitys-new-web-apps-feature.

Related to Grooveshark Web App, according with this post, is not working for the new layout of the site.

Next you will see how to manually create a simple web application for the sites that doesn't offer integration in Ubuntu.

To add a new web application from Chromium, go to Tools > Create Application Shortcut...:

Add the application from desktop to Launcher by dragging and drop:

The last thing that you can do is to change the icon of application to a better one. To do this, search in Dash for alacarte to open Main Menu:

In Main Menu search for the application for which you want to change the icon: