Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS (Boinic) Autologin

Since Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS (Boinic), this does not seem to work. Here is what you need to do:

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https://gist.github.com/ablaze8/b906005956ade193d829bdf0d28c170f

12-autologin.conf

# create /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/12-autologin.conf, if it doesn't exist
# sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/12-autologin.conf

[SeatDefaults]
autologin-user=username