During every login or bootup, the OS performs a number of tasks in the background to get the OS up and running and ready to be used.
Customizations in Linux OS like Ubuntu can be done very easily, that allows an user to add any number of “custom” tasks or programs to the system to be performed every time the user logs in or boots up the OS.
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