Linux n00bie seekin' advice on "easy" stuff
 

Howdy!
I have a dual-boot eMac running Yellow Dog Linux 3.1 and Mac OS X Panther.
I'm used to having everything pretty much done for me in the Mac OS, so I'm adjusting to the hands-on requirements of Linux.
I have a few frustrations doing what I consider basic things... like INSTALLING a program.

1) I'd like to update my Mozilla to the latest PPC version 1.8, but I haven't a CLUE on what file to execute, or how to install via the terminal. I've already downloaded and extracted the tar.gz. file but even there I stumbled upon the extract command via a right-click.
I'd really appreciate some guidance on this matter because I'm sure I can apply it to every other install.

After I do that, I think my next area of curiosity will be windowing/GUI enhancements. I get the feeling that you can graft different behaviors and environments on top of what ever distro you're running. If somebody could point me in the direction of a spiffy tutorial for that, I'd be much obliged.

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The second thread is now in Linux-Newbie, so please post all replies there ( http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=229356). Title of your second thread was reported for a change.

I'm closing this one.