diff -up supertuxkart-0.6/src/user_config.cpp~ supertuxkart-0.6/src/user_config.cpp
--- supertuxkart-0.6/src/user_config.cpp~ 2009-01-25 16:10:22.000000000 +0100
+++ supertuxkart-0.6/src/user_config.cpp 2009-01-25 16:10:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void UserConfig::setDefaults()
m_gamepad_debug = false;
m_track_debug = 0;
m_bullet_debug = false;
- m_fullscreen = false;
+ m_fullscreen = true;
m_no_start_screen = false;
m_sfx = UC_ENABLE;
m_music = UC_ENABLE;