Help!

[Daniel Robitaille]

> 3. There are several programs I am interested in, including Thunderbird, that are
> available as .tar.gz downloads, how can I install these and integrate them
> into the desktop?

Thunderbird is available directly in Ubuntu.  No need to play with the
tar.gz files.  Just need to do "apt-get install mozilla-thunderbird"
from the command line, or install it via Synaptic.




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Daniel Robitaille