It depends, i guess the equivalent of windows is (usually)
-"/usr/bin/..." for executables (like program files & executable scripts)
-"/usr/lib/..." for libs, (like DLLs, a bit like system32 & progfiles in some ways)
-"usr/shared/..." a place to store shared app 'stuff' like icons etc.
-"/home/...." similar to documents and settings on windoze.
-"/etc/..." for config files.
but its quite different from windows in many ways and is not set in stone.
For more simple personal applications like games you normally simply unpack the zip/tar to a folder in your home dir.
-"/usr/bin/..." for executables (like program files & executable scripts)
-"/usr/lib/..." for libs, (like DLLs, a bit like system32 & progfiles in some ways)
-"usr/shared/..." a place to store shared app 'stuff' like icons etc.
-"/home/...." similar to documents and settings on windoze.
-"/etc/..." for config files.
but its quite different from windows in many ways and is not set in stone.
For more simple personal applications like games you normally simply unpack the zip/tar to a folder in your home dir.