I am still away from the computer I am trying to install them on and looks like I'll be another week away. I will be following up all all your good advice as soon as I can. Just wanted to drop in to say I did read it and thanks.

I have been using Debian / Ubuntu flavors for a few years now and have always wanted to try Slackware flavor. Since I like most of KDE software I first tried slackel but I had major problems with internet not working. So now trying to use salix and I like most things about it but I do not know how ...