I'm using application mgr. I know very little about linux and nothing about command lines and ssh. This N800 is my first foray into this area. I have picked up a lot of info, but it is incomplete.

It would be helpful to me, and probably others as well, if there were a link on here to somewhere where there is an explanation of the basics: deb files, repositories, becoming root, commands, compiling, sources and the rest of it.

Example: I looked up info on downloading mplayer on its homepage and didn't understand it. If there isn't a green download arrow, I'm lost.

I've tried googling for explanations of how linux is structured, but it's confusing and there are many kinds. I don't know if the rules for one apply to them all. Basically, when I read a post referring to this stuff, I feel like I came in in the middle and it goes over my head.