rc.local vs bashrc on X/Ubuntu

[erasmus777]

I'm new to Xubuntu. It's a different experience than Ubuntu and so far I'm really enjoying it.

I have an academic question: on Ubuntu, my .bashrc script was executed at first login. However, on Xubuntu it's not executed until I open the terminal for the first time. IIUC, I should add startup scripts to rc.local. What is the difference between the two scripts and why do the flavors execute them differently?

Thanks in advance.

[gsmanners]

The rc.local pertains to runlevels and .bashrc is just for when you want a shell. Those are two totally different events. Sounds to me like your install of Ubuntu was running a bash script in its startup (I have no idea why).