You dont need to learn any programming language to install anything
I found the following link very useful for this regard

http://cutlersoftware.com/ubuntuinstall/

I need an idiots Guide to the terminal if any of you know of one i
> > would be greatful. Oh and if and of you can get YaZak To work in ubuntu
> > feisty please tell me how. I like it a lot better for chat in yahoo i
> > tryed to get the .DEB for Yahoo's IM to work but kept getting
> > unresolible conflicks.
> >
>

I use pidgin for my instant messenger from yahoo, to msn to aol to google
talk all in one place.
I have no need for yahoo messenger for linux. Infact in my windows machine
too i use pidgin