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Well you are entering a world where you really have to learn about what you are doing. I would stay dead away from Linspire considering they do not include a compiler in the distribution. Check out Mandrake to get your feet wet and take it from there. When you are installing applications you can download files that are called binaries. These consist of extentions like ".rpm", ".deb" etc. The installation of source is the best method of installation, and this will come usually as .tar.gz, .tar or bzip. Installation by source generally is installed by
1. ./configure
2. make
3. make install
4. ldconfig (as root)
Although as you advance you will want to change certain values while installing applications. Hope that helps you out.
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