Quote Originally Posted by styven
have downloaded firefox, it has been installed and i am using it now to type this, but i don't seem to have a desktop icon and can't create it. much frustration!!!!!!
if i close down now, i can't get back in.
Well simply drag the executable to the desktop. It sounds like you got the tarball from mozilla instead of using apt-get (why i don't know) but anyway that will do it.