Is there a way to save a session?

Is there a way for saving a session in 11.04 ?

Solution 1:

No, this feature was dropped: http://www.linux-archive.org/ubuntu-desktop/478109-gnome-session-saving-dropped-natty.html

There is a bug filed for this (so, someone might be willing at some point to restore the feature): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/773688

But from my own experience, the feature was completely unpredictable: even the File Manager windows were not always restored and those restored were at different spaces/positions etc.

Solution 2:

This setting is still available in the configuration editor. (Open dash, type gconf-editor and it should show up).

Now, you need to navigate to /apps/gnome-session/options.

When you autosave your session, you do not have to do anything afterwords (like loading a session file in nautilus). It will automatically save the programs you have running as startup applications.