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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Chapter 2. User Guide</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.69.1" /><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="FreeGuide - your TV Guide" /><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="FreeGuide - your TV Guide" /><link rel="prev" href="downinst.linux.html" title="Linux" /><link rel="next" href="userguide.mainscreen.html" title="The main screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rel="contents" href="toc.html" title="Chapter 8. Site Map" /><link rel="author" href="contributors.html" title="Chapter 6. Contributors" /><link rel="help" href="help.html" title="Chapter 3. Help and FAQ" /><link rel="copyright" href="license.html" title="Chapter 7. Licence" /></head><body><div style="float:right" class="sourceforgelogo"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeguide-tv/"><img src="sflogo.png" width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="SourceForge Logo" /></a></div><div class="navigation"><a href="index.html">Home</a> | <a href="downinst.html">Download and Install</a> | <a href="userguide.html" class="active">User Guide</a> | <a href="help.html">Help and FAQ</a> | <a href="contact.html">Contact Us</a> | <a href="developers.html">Developers</a> | <a href="contributors.html">Contributors</a> | <a href="toc.html">Site Map</a></div><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"> </th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="downinst.linux.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. User Guide</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="userguide.mainscreen.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chapter" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="userguide"></a>Chapter 2. User Guide</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="userguide.html#userguide.firsttime">Running for the first time</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="userguide.mainscreen.html">The main screen</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="userguide.features.html">Features</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="userguide.choosing_channels.html">Choosing Channels</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="userguide.look_and_feel.html">Styling FreeGuide: Look-and-Feel</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="userguide.look_and_feel.html#userguide.look_and_feel.installing_new">Installing new Look-and-Feels</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="userguide.look_and_feel.html#userguide.look_and_feel.gtk">The GTK Look-and-Feel</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="section" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="userguide.firsttime"></a>Running for the first time</h2></div></div></div><p>The first time you run FreeGuide it asks you some questions and
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exactly, but you get an error here, it's a bug - sorry! - <a href="contact.html" title="Chapter 4. Contact Us">contact us</a> and we'll sort you out.</p><p>If all has gone well, FreeGuide will know what channels you want,