diff -up supertuxkart-0.4/src/user_config.cpp.fs supertuxkart-0.4/src/user_config.cpp
--- supertuxkart-0.4/src/user_config.cpp.fs 2008-03-05 05:16:12.000000000 +0100
+++ supertuxkart-0.4/src/user_config.cpp 2008-03-10 09:52:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void UserConfig::setDefaults()
m_keyboard_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;