Slint kick start
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Welcome to Slint! This short document will get you started.

Starting up
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During installation, you choose to start in Console or Graphical mode.

In Console mode (white text on a black screen), first indicate you user
name after "login:" press [Enter], then type your password and press
[Enter] again.

Your are now logged in, in other words connected to the system and can
type commands. This mode is intended for experienced users. From there,
if you want to switch to the Graphical mode, just type "startx" without
the quotes and press [Enter]. Before doing that you can type "xwmconfig"
to choose a windows manager or desktop.

In Graphical mode, select your windows manager or desktop (the default
one is Fluxbox), type your username, press [Enter], then your password
and press [Enter] again.

The Slint Control Center
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The Slint Control Center is accessible in Graphical mode, from the menu
displayed with a right or click of the mouse on the desk.

Click on one of the categories in left panel to see the available
applications in this category.

In the Information category you will find more sources of information
to get acquainted with Slint.

Software packages installation, removal and upgrade
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Each tool have an associated manual pages. To read it type:
  man  <name of the tool>
either in the console or in a terminal.

In Console mode or using a terminal, the main tool to manage your software
packages is slapt-get. You will need to be root (administrator) to use it.
To get this status, type "su" then root's password.

To know all the features and options, of slapt-get, type:
  man slapt-get

You need an internet connection to access the remote packages repositories.

gslapt, accessible from the Slint Control Control Center in the
Applications category, is a graphical front-end to slapt-get.

To begin using these tools follow these steps:

a) Check and adapt if need be the sources of packages in the file
   /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc.
   To do that you can either use a text editor as root, of in the menu of
   gslapt go to Edition => Preferences => Sources.

b) Update the information about the packages available in each repository.
   Either type as root:
       slapt-get -u
   Or in gslapt click on Update.

You will be notified of the availability of an updated software by a small
icon displayed at the right of the panel. Just make a left click on it and
follow instructions.