All packages shipped by Kicksecure / Whonix setting environment variables should deprecate their use of /etc/X11/Xsession.d and /etc/profile.d. Instead. the systemd DefaultEnvironment mechanism should be used.
This style:
Of course, split into different files and contained in the packages that require these.
/etc/X11/Xsession.d and /etc/profile.d mechanism:
- Works in Debian (and Qubes Debian) in Xorg
- Doesn’t work for virtual console with zsh.
- Works with Wayland?
- Works on non-systemd systems.
- Related: ⚓ T998 Whonix without systemD (Rejected.)
- Therefore not important since there are no ports / maintainers for non-systemd enabled systems anyway and also one on the horizon. Other init systems would need to support something similar to
DefaultEnvironment.
systemd DefaultEnvironment mechanism:
- Works in Debian (and Qubes Debian) in Xorg
- Doesn’t work for virtual console with zsh.
- Probably works with Wayland.
- Only for systemd enabled Linux distributions.