Shutdown & Networking - some more newbie (easy?) questions

From: Jim Marnott (info_at_doatkins.com)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:17:47 -0400

I installed Debian about two weeks ago and I'm slowly getting used to
things, but I've still got some questions.

1) I am unable to shut down my computer without hitting the power button
-- or logging on as root, opening a terminal and typing reboot. I've
tried ctrl-alt-delete and ctrl-alt-backspace. The latter just sends me
to the login screen again. What's the trick?

2) Sometimes I will download and install something, but am unable to run
the program. ie: I just downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird and I believe I
unarchived it properly, put it in a directory and then went hunting for
something to double-click. Nothing looked right, so I tried a few that
didn't look too wrong (including a file called "thunderbird",) but
nothing happened. Is there a trick here?

3) I am dual-booting with win XP. When XP is running, I have my machine
networked with a win ME machine. How can I get linux to see that win ME
machine? Do I need software, or am I just not looking in the right place?

JM