*grin*...I think you just proved my point, Jon.

"They will **usually** be in /home/username/"

My head does not cope with command line, as I almost never looked at a computer until Windows 3.

And I found it hard to even recognize what WAS a file manager in Knoppix. (In Windows, I collect file managers... I have perhaps 35.)

As I said, once you know the answers, you know the answers.

My personal way of coping with complexity is to watch it being done, then extract by Inductive logic the steps and rules. I can usually then write a handbook for others, explaining the steps they should have outlined at the beginning.
Another example is the encryption program TrueCrypt. It has a detailed 'guide' in which they proceed to 'explain' the concepts in language which only makes sense AFTER you are familiar with such language. They give no quick start "do this, then this...avoid this...now this..."

I could work my way thru a Linux installation AFTER it is properly installed and operate within the system as well as anyone. But INSTALLING all those bits before you realize what routines are required is a matter for those whose heads LIKE playing with multiple alternatives.
(I can drive almost any vehicle on the road, but I do not understand how a carburetor works...nor do I wish to be required to learn the physics of internal combustion in order to get to the store.)

At my age, and with my headset, I'd better stick to rummaging around within Windows and explaining how to do odd things with multiple browsers and caches and fonts.