crap
i ran the executable, but had some issues. it installed ok, but i didn;t read the scree completely. anyway, when i clicked ok, it did some more stuff in the command line, then it fubared my screen settings, and gave me a CTD. i hit ctrl+alt+del and re-logged in. resolution was back to normal, but i forgot what file to run, so i looked up the dir i installed it to (the one i filled in the top path box in the installer), dir being /mnt/d/freespace/scp/linux. i found a dir called FS2_open. i ran fs2_open, 1.1k large. it did the same to me as the last time.....