okay so by using "cd", i will stay on that particular folder's directory? any command entered will be in that folder? thank you very much Mentalist. i'm very interested in learning about it. i'll definitely give it a go once i have the time. my schedule this month is a bit tight.. just free enough to go in TMO to read and write.

in the mean time, i'll try and understand the archlinux process first. so the command won't really show me anything? then how do i know if my installation is successful? there's no icon or whatsoever. or must i create an icon for it manually..?