diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a64c45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
+# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
+# exists.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
+# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
+
+# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
+# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
+#umask 022
+
+# if running bash
+if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    # include .bashrc if it exists
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+	. "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# start gui
+startx
diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 5e7e97d..39ef0a6 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -42,4 +42,3 @@ fi
 if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ];	then source ~/.bash_aliases; fi
 if [ -f ~/.bash_env ];		then source ~/.bash_env; fi
 if [ -f ~/.bash_prompt ];	then source ~/.bash_prompt; fi
-if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then source /etc/bash_completion; fi
diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a64c45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.profile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
+# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
+# exists.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
+# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
+
+# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
+# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
+#umask 022
+
+# if running bash
+if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    # include .bashrc if it exists
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+	. "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# start gui
+startx