Quote Originally Posted by Tasslehoff Burrfoot
but now am having problems with my modem. I have downloaded linux drivers for it but have no idea how to install them. They are zipped so I have tried to extract them but just get a load of icons on the desktop and don't know what to do next.

Any ideas, please?

Modem is a sagem 800 f@st.
In addition to seconding the recommendations for reading up on some linux newbie documentation, I'll ask a probing question or two.

In the files you extracted (sounds like you extracted them well, enough, although I like to download them into a new directory or put the downloaded file into one before extraction to avoid the clutter problem), do you see files with names like README or text-looking files with "install" or some such in the title? Many such downloads will contain at least some very basic (if not always obvious) documentation tucked away inside, at least to get you started.

And sometimes you can find a FAQ or similar document on the site where you downloaded the files to help out.