First steps after installation of a Slint system.

Here are the first tasks to perform after installation

In this document, all text after a # character are comments of the suggested
command, not to be typed.

1) Software update

A newly installed Slint contains software shipped in the ISO image.

After installation, the system should be updated to get the most recently
provided version of each software, as well as new software provided since the
release of the ISO. This is especially necessary if no network connection was
available during installation, as then only the packages included in the
distribution media were installed, and they could be outdated.

Most commands typed below request administrative right associated to a
specific account named 'root', for which you have recorded a a password
during installation.

To issue a command as 'root', first type
su -
then give password for root and type the command.

This replaces 'sudo' used in other distributions.

When you are done issuing commands as 'root', press Ctrl+d or type exit to get
back your "regular user" status.

To update, type as root in a console or a graphical terminal:

slapt-get --add-keys # retrieve the keys to authenticate the packages
slapt-get -u # update the list of packages in the mirrors
slapt-get --install-set slint # get the new packages
slapt-get --upgrade # Get the new versions of installed packages
dotnew # lists the changes in configuration files

When running dotnew, accept to replace all old configuration files by new ones.
This is safe as you didn't make any customization yet.

Alternatively, you can use these graphical front-ends: gslapt instead of
slapt-get, and dotnew-gtk instead of dotnew.

To learn more about slapt-get, type:
man slapt-get
or as root:
slapt-get --help

and read /usr/doc/slapt-get*/README.slaptgetrc.Slint

In case a kernel upgrade has been provided since the release of the ISO, type
 as root: upgrade-kernel

Also, consult the documentation provided for Slint, typing: slint-doc

2) Update of the configuration.

Here are the utilities that you can use to (re)configure your Slint system with
the default values set if you chose to install using 'auto', case occuring.

Unless otherwise noted these utilities should be used as root. To become root,
i.e. get the 'admin' status and privileges type "su -" then  root's password.
To get back the regular user status pres Ctrl+d or type exit.

Most utilities have a command line and a graphical version. The command line
version is listed first below. Unless otherwise stated all commands should be
types as root.

General settings:
To manage users: usersetup or gtkusersetup
To change the language and region: localesetup or gtklocalesetup
To change the keyboard setup and the input method: keyboardsetup or
gtkkeyboardsetup
To configure the date, the time or the timezone: clocksetup and gtkclocksetup.
To choose which services start at boot: servicesetup and gtkservicesetup.
To (re)configure the network: netsetup.
To choose to start in text or graphical mode and in the later case the graphical
login manager: login-chooser
To choose a desktop, or graphical session: session-chooser (as regular user)
If KDE is installed to show or hide its applications in other desktop's menus:
show-kde-apps or hide-kde-apps.

Accessibity settings:
To choose and enable a console screen reader: speak-with
To start or not the orca screen reader on the desktop, as regular user: orca-on
or orca-off