I was wanting to try out Linux From Scratch just for learning purposes (not for a usable system) and was wanting to give it a try inside a virtual machine right from my Salix desktop.

I am looking for a Virtual Machine program such as Virtual Box.

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Now every time I log in to my desktop, a dialog box comes up for "Wicd Network Manager". How do I get that to not come up every time I log in?

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I am running the Fluxbox edition and I'm trying to change my screen resolution but everytime I do, whenever I reboot, it switches back to its old resolution again. There is no option to save my switches. Example: I switch the screen resolution from it's default value of 1680 x 1050 (everything ...

I'm running the Fluxbox edition of Salix OS. I downloaded and installed VLC media player and rebooted, however, it doesn't show up anywhere in the menu, so how can I find where it went?

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I'm running the Fluxbox edition of Salix OS. How do I adjust my desktop so that the on-screen text and menu's (everything) appear larger and stay that way permanently even after rebooting the pc?

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okay that worked, thank you.

Thanks for the help. I downloaded and installed VLC media player and rebooted, however, it doesn't show up anywhere in the menu, so how can I find where it went?

I was going through the Salix mini walkthroughs in the online manual on page 37 "working with the command line interface" tutorial. It shows new users how to use the command line interface for the first time. I was trying to see the contents of my user directory with the command "ls" at the "myname ...

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I am brand new to Salix OS. I have just installed Salox OS Fluxbox edition on my pc and I'm trying to now watch Youtube videos with Flash requirements and they would NOT play so I tried the right click multimedia menu option to download and install missing multimedia codecs. I did this ...