Rox Faq

Frequently Asked Questions

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The FAQ is divided into sections:

General information

• What Is Rox
• Screenshots -- see what it looks like
• Helping Out
• Glossary of confusing terms
• Relation to RISC OS
• About application directories
• The Future -- what we're working on now
• How It Works -- general overviews of how your system works
• Release Process -- when's the next release coming out?

Troubleshooting

• Compiling from source
• Errors while running -- crashes, warning messages and incorrect behaviour
• Fonts -- how to make on-screen text look good
• Panel -- the ROX panel, for launching ROX Filer windows, running applets, etc
• Pinboard -- the desktop icons and background image
• Internationalisation (i18n) -- character set problems and translations
• Report Bug -- how and where to report problems

How do I...

• Help Installing -- information for beginners
• File Types -- how to make clicking on a PDF file view it, etc
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Choose a window manager -- change window manager with ROX-Session
• Setting the desktop wallpaper
• Using CVS -- help test the development version
• Hiding Choices -- don't like the Choices directory?
• Theming -- changing the look of your desktop
• Non-ROX issues -- setting up a CD writer, firewall, etc
• (Re)Create the .Xsession file -- use ROX-Session
• Start a shell/console sessions like bash (I have many useful aliases and like to work with GUI and console together)

Hints and tips

• Hints And Tips
• Speed tips -- making your computer boot and run faster