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Where can I find the folder where I can see icons of my applications and click on them as I am accustomed to from other operating systems? (N.B. Please see my comments re duplications.)

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There isn't exactly one, because the filesystem structure is different, but I suggest you go here:

/usr/share/applications

There you will find icons of your various installed applications with the friendly names you expect (Adobe Reader 9, Frogatto, Opera, LibreOffice Calc, etc.). And while not exactly equivalent to the Mac's Applications folder, you will find that here you can double-click on applications to launch, just as you would in Mac OS X.

For a detailed explanation of the filesystem structure, and how it's not exactly equivalent to Apple's Mac OS X, go here:

Where is the default folder for Apps?

Hope this helps.

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