My slackware installation in finishing up right now. As soon as I get home from work, I want to start using it. What should I expect as far as additional tasks I need to complete in order to get it up and running. As I was reading the SW 9.1 reviews, I had a couple of questions:

What is STARTX and what does it do?

How do I start KDE? Do I just type KDE like in Drake?

I have to create a user account right? Can I do that from KDE, or do I need to do it from command line?

When I get home, I think Im going to be greeted with a command line. Maybe something like root@localhost /> or something. Basically, I want to know what I need to type to get going.

Startx - starts X. Gives you a gui

In the installation, final steps, you are asked which of the installed guis you want to start when you type startx - make sure you select KDE (if that's the one you want)

User accounts can be created from the command line - use adduser <name> or useradd <name> I forget which i used, but they are very straightforward.

I'd also suggest you check out my bookmarks (see my sig) - I have a number of links to documentation which will be of great help to you.

It depends how you set the system up and what hardware you have. It may boot stright to the gui.

Thanks alot! I don't think Ive ever been this anxious to get of work in my life!