I got a free copy of Linspire when they were doing a promotion recently.
It certainly is the easiest version of Linux I have ever tried.
Only took 10 minutes to install!

My problem is that I am not really sure how to install applications under linux.
In Windows you have the nice installer packages that come with all the dependencies and guide you through default places to install it.

Am I correct that /usr/bin is the equivalent of c:\program files\?

Maybe I haven't looked enough but so far, the applications that I have downloaded have listed lots of dependencies and most have been source code.

Do you not get installation packages in Linux?

I am a bit of a cheapo and don't want to pay th $20 for the Linspire Click N Run service which basically IS thousands of applications setup with installation packages.