For GDM (Gnome Display Manager) users there are "automatic login" settings. Run gdmconfig to see them. > > If there were a distribution that allowed you to set up an automatic login > > (with user privileges) with decent fonts and Opera (personal favorite), > > KMail, KOffice and various plugins installed, I would push Linux much harder > > to my non-computer literate friends :( > > I don't know enough about what happens when linux boots up (yet) to make > that work but it can't be too hard. I'm assuming you could create a user > and in /etc/shadow blank out their password. Then in /etc/rc.local run a > 'bash -login user' and it drops them to a shell prompt as that user. Go a > step farther and drop 'startx' into their .bashrc and your linux > workstation becomes a Windows-like PC. This is all theory but I can't > imagine it being any harder than that. > > The real beauty of linux is that you have options like that :-) > > -Brian