I'm from a windows programming background. The college I went to was a Microsoft College ( maybe not anymore since they switched to java ) but atleast when I was there ... they were a Microsoft college. SO yes, this may be common knowledge for most, but I did not know how to use a make file.

After 5 minutes with my buddy Dave McNelis, how worked on some C based Open Source stuff, informed me how. For those who don't know, open up a terminal window and change the directory to where you need. Then just type "make".

cd /desktop/disco-0.1
make

Yes ... it was that simple.