New to sabayon and have few questions

[zotyp]

So only linux that I used before for longer time was ubuntu. But here I cannot find tools to install applications that ubuntu have, so I'm asking stupid simple noob questions what how can I add/remove applications in sabayon ?
If there is a need of root password for that what is default root password ?
is this normal that when I launch sabayon my internet browser work slow (in windows xp it worked normal) ?

[Fitzcarraldo]

SL (Sabayon Linux) does not use the APT package manager (the apt-get command) and the Synaptic GUI. The package manager is different to the one used in Ubuntu. You need to do some reading on the package managers (Entropy and Portage, but stick to Entropy) and the commands available for SL; see the sticky thread Resources For You. One of the places it points you to is the relevant articles in the SL Wiki that explain how to use the package managers. It's easy to find and easy to navigate.

As far as passwords are concerned, if you're using the LiveDVD then the passwords are given in one of the SL Wiki pages referenced in the above-mentioned Resources For You thread; they are:

Root User Account
Username: root
Password: root

Configured Normal User Account
Username: sabayonuser
Password: sabayonuser

N.B. Do not log-in to the desktop environment (e.g. KDE or GNOME) as the root user.

If you install SL to your HDD then you will be prompted during the installation to enter a password of your choice for your user account, plus another password of your choice for the root user. (What some people call the "super user" is the root account user, equivalent to the Administrator in Microsoft Windows.)

Also, although the sudo command works in all versions of Linux (providing it has been enabled -- see the SL Wiki), it is not necessary to use it. It is simpler to use the su command, become the root user and do what you need to do and then exit back to your normal user account. For example:

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fitzcarraldo@sabayonx86 ~ $ whoami
fitzcarraldo
fitzcarraldo@sabayonx86 ~ $ su
Password:
sabayonx86 fitzcarraldo # whoami
root
sabayonx86 fitzcarraldo # exit
exit
fitzcarraldo@sabayonx86 ~ $ whoami
fitzcarraldo
fitzcarraldo@sabayonx86 ~ $

By the way, the "su" in the commands sudo and su means "substitute user", not "super user"; see The su Command. You can use the su and sudo commands to switch to any user, not just the root user.