Welcome to the OSGeo Live GIS DVD. See the road-sign Help icon on the Desktop for information about the Live disc and virtual-machine, including a synopsis of bundled geospatial packages and a series of quick-start short tutorials. To change the language, log out (lower menu bar), enter the user name "user", click on the password box below it to confirm the user name, and along the top of the login window is a language drop-down menu which starts as "en_US". After selecting the language finish entering the password (it's also "user") and press the "Log In" button. If it doesn't work the first time just log out and try again. Once you log back in, there is a keyboard icon on the lower menu bar that lets you pick the keyboard layout. You can also set it via the main applications menu with Preferences > Language Support and Preferences > Keyboard Input Methods. See the internationalization quickstart in the OSGeo Live help pages for more information. If you have the full DVD edition, various program installers for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows can be found in the MacInstallers and WindowsInstallers directories; see the main help page. Passwords for various things can be found in the passwords.txt file on the Desktop. If you need to become "root" (the UNIX super-user) open a Terminal and type "sudo su", then enter "user" as the password if you are asked. The living FAQ can be found here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_FAQ Happy mapping! The OSGeo Live GIS Team