basic operations

[Phet Whore Meyer]

To whom it may concern,

Ive recently left the dark and moved into linux, i just have this one query 
for now:
In windows all programs were installed into a folder called 'Program Files', 
in linux, where is that equivelant folder? What is it called?

I know that this question is fairly trivial, is there anywhere else i can go 
to find out basic information such as this?

I greatly appreciate the help.

Best
Greg

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