Thanks for the prompt replies.  They have helped some already, and will
likely help more as I continue to digest the content.

Subbu mentioned packages.  I am not above that, but want to be able to
do a good job of installing the latest.  If I can turn the archives into
packages and load them, that would be fine by me.  Any pointers?

I am not in any rush.  This is all part of a gradual move away from
dependence on Windows.  Whether or not I exercise the resulting options
is a separate line of thought.  For now, I am simply doing my homework
with Linux (typing this into Firefox on Ubuntu) and Smalltalks thereon. 
To be intellectually honest, I have to think about how I would do
everything w/o running back to Redmond when the going gets tough.  That
includes installing hot fixes to any development systems I might use.

Bill



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