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With the last few releases of Fedora(More specifically ever since Gnome moved to the new GDM) there is no longer a GUI to allow for a timed or automatic login - it has been said that there will eventually be one, but it is not here yet.

To add either a timed login or an automtatic login, you need to modify the file /etc/gdm/custom.conf and add the following for a timed login:

[daemon]
TimedLoginEnable=true
TimedLogin=username
TimedLoginDelay=5

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Fedora 10 is out now.

Yesterday, the developers managed to get 3D working for r500 hardware.

The updated builds for Fedora are now available (if you go direct to the source and not wait for a tested update... pfft! who needs testing?)

Accelerated 3d works. Compiz works. I still need to figure out how to use textured video along with compiz (I think I need to specify the Textured video port, but neither gstreamer-properties, nor VLC seem to give an option...). Normal video works, but it is not antialiased. I need to test a few games. Just because. :P

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This post is from Fedora 9 (Codename: Sulphur), which was release a couple of days ago (13 May 2008).

I had tried the Fedora 9 Preview Live CD and this time went for the normal Install DVD and installed the default Gnome desktop (which much of this post will focus on). First impressions: Very nice.

Quick and dirty Summary

• New look (updated theme and sounds)
• Kernel 2.6.25 - the latest released kernel
• Updated desktop
• New software/package manager (Packagekit)
• Firefox 3 Beta 5
• much much more

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