i've just converted to linux, and i've found that it can be very difficult to navigate the file structure. obviously, i have been subverted by windows, but still, it seems unreasonably hard to find the locations of files that you have just installed, or just want the directory too. not that it's impossible, but it seems that it could use some improvement... is there something i'm missing? the find command on a prompt is nice, but GUI navigation can seem a bit confused and cluttered... cluttered's a good word it'd say...

I do u agree u u on the GUI navigation . IN windows its
fantastic . Any how some Hot Keys in KDE like
Alt + F2 for run , Alt + F3 for somethin like alt + space bar in windows also come quite handy . Also something that i really like in Linux Gui not Available in wondows is that in Linux GUI
-- just hold alt , click anywhere on an open window to move it around . IN windows u can do that only if u click and drag on the titile bar. If ur Windows Key is not supported , use Alt + f1 in Kde to bring up the start menu ( start menu a like in KDE )
And in Later versions of GNome u can use ctrl + Esc . IN mandrake 8.2 , the Kde that comes with this DIstro supports
the Windows keys in a std US Keybord -- THat really good.
And on the command line utilities like locate / whereis are quite helpful to lacate a file .

Hope this helps u a bit .

ya, thanks, that's a cool trick to move the windows about

You know, alot of the time the "README" file included with most programs will help you to know what to execute, and where the files are being installed. And if you take a look at the "Makefile" that will also point you towards the directories.

Cool