down vote accepted For running Midori on startup, take a look at this tutorial . For DIY solutions, read on. You can add your script executable command to the bottom of .bashrc that will run your script every time you log in . Make sure you are in the pi folder: $ cd ~ Create a file and write a script to run in the file: $ sudo nano superscript Save and exit: Ctrl + X , Y , Enter Open up .bashrc for configuration: $ sudo nano .bashrc Scroll down to the bottom and add the line: ./superscript Save and exit: Ctrl + X , Y , Enter 7 down vote accepted To auto-start the terminal on boot, open this file with nano: nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart Add this line to the end of the file: @lxterminal Close, save and reboot