2024-03-19, 06:54 AM
Off the top of my head, I could see such a setting living in a few places:
- Settings or Preferences section somewhere within the OpenCpn application itself. Just a checkbox "Run OpenCpn at boot"
- IIRC, there is an app that runs upon startup - OpenPlotter-Startup or something like that? It is what presents the list of diagnostic checks. It would make sense to me if there was a section within this app where you could configure startup behavior for the applications bundled within OpenPlotter.
- Maybe in the Settings application where you can choose components to install, update, or uninstall, there could be a simple "Run at startup" checkbox for anything where that is applicable?
I can understand maybe not having OpenCpn set to start at boot for people who download an installer to put OpenPlotter on an already existing OS - that type of user may be more likely to want an ala carte setup. But as someone who obtained OpenPlotter through the preconfigured Debian OS image, my brain was expecting OpenCPN to either boot at startup or have an obvious option within Prefs/Settings somewhere to select this behavior. I freely admit my brain may be Abby-Normal, though
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- Settings or Preferences section somewhere within the OpenCpn application itself. Just a checkbox "Run OpenCpn at boot"
- IIRC, there is an app that runs upon startup - OpenPlotter-Startup or something like that? It is what presents the list of diagnostic checks. It would make sense to me if there was a section within this app where you could configure startup behavior for the applications bundled within OpenPlotter.
- Maybe in the Settings application where you can choose components to install, update, or uninstall, there could be a simple "Run at startup" checkbox for anything where that is applicable?
I can understand maybe not having OpenCpn set to start at boot for people who download an installer to put OpenPlotter on an already existing OS - that type of user may be more likely to want an ala carte setup. But as someone who obtained OpenPlotter through the preconfigured Debian OS image, my brain was expecting OpenCPN to either boot at startup or have an obvious option within Prefs/Settings somewhere to select this behavior. I freely admit my brain may be Abby-Normal, though
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