Now if I only knew how to compile these, I would gladly do so.

Any way you can point me in a good direction so I can learn some on the fly compiling?

I always try to learn more and more, and this looks like a good time to learn how to compile a .deb

If not, no worries. I'll sit tight and wait for things to be done for me like the rest of the end users.

EDIT: I have taken a wonderful trip to the world of linux. I have Ubuntu installed on my laptop, so I decided to give it a try. After a good few hours of research... I still couldn't figure it out. It kept spitting errors at me. sigh.