gnome-session for Debian
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GNOME 3 / GNOME Fallback
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The gnome-session package provides the standard GNOME 3 session, which 
is based on the GNOME Shell. The gnome-session-fallback package provides 
a “fallback” session which is based on the GNOME panel and Metacity. You 
can choose them in the display manager (typically GDM).

If no suitable 3D acceleration is detected, the fallback session will be 
launched in both cases.


Changing the window manager
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The GNOME Shell requires mutter and cannot run with another window 
manager.

If you want to use an alternative window manager (such as compiz or 
openbox), you need to select the fallback session. Then, put in your 
.gnomerc file the following:
    WINDOW_MANAGER=my_wonderful_wm
    export WINDOW_MANAGER


Applications at startup
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Upon startup, gnome-session starts the following applications:
 - Saved session: if you have saved a session, it is located in 
   ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session/. You can enable automatic 
   session saving or manually save it in the "Startup Applications" 
   configuration applet.
 - Autostart applications: applications shipping a .desktop file in 
   /usr/share/gnome/autostart or /etc/xdg/autostart. This includes the 
   keyring manager, the settings daemon, nautilus and the power 
   manager. They can be selectively disabled in the configuration 
   applet.
 - Required components: they are listed in the 
   /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/*.desktop file corresponding to the 
   current session (gnome or gnome-fallback).