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How do I install programs?

Hi, I'm a total Linux newbie (obviously).

How do I install programs when I only have the source code? I run Mandrake.

How do I see which programs are running? and how do I switch to them?
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention: if you want a list of what jobs you've got running in the the background, type:

jobs

For example:

[localhost]$ jobs
[1]- Stopped                 man vim
[2]+ Stopped                 vim

To bring a task back into the foreground type:
fg
...followed by the JOB_SPEC number, e.g. type:

fg 1
...to get man back in the foreground.

You can get the process ID as well if you type:

jobs -l
...for example:
[localhost]$ jobs -l
[1]- 3795 Stopped                 man vim
[2]+ 3810 Stopped                 vim