Quote Originally Posted by fingers99
Just pop open Synaptic (on Knoppix HD installs you need to connect to the Internet and do (from a Terminal Window -- the little TV screen icon at bottom left):

su
(prompt for root password)
apt-get update && apt-get install synaptic && exit

first

and highlight the program you want to install -- it's pretty self explanatory.

Of course, you can install tarballs (.tar.gz, .bz2, .tgz) -- AKA building from source (code) but this is generally not necessary and not a good idea as it breaks the ability of apt-get to upgrade stuff.

i do not reallt understand what you meant by this. can you explain it better? you say it is easier than windows but on windows there is not need for me to use those codes u posted