After rereading my OP, I realize that it was more than vague as to what i was trying to convey (yay 12 hour shifts), So, let me try from the beginning.

I installed BT4 final off a flash drive,...

No no, I know how $PATH works, and how to append to it (export) but i was wondering what the default BT4 PATH should be, not what the PATH variable is in general, since I get a "No such file or...

I was wondering why some programs weren't loading (particularly a game of nethack). So, when I tried the nethack command it said nethack is available in /usr/games but it's not in the path, so, i did...

Something that I feel is a holdover from back when I used fedora was the separate entries in the home directory. I prefer not to store everything in my home directory on my desktop like Ubuntu loves...

Odd as it sounds, I have an old Audigy 2 ZS and it works off the bat, meaning, BT4 recognized it, but you have to flip the switch on the analog/digital switch in Kmix to output audio. For some...

sometimes it will disconnect the card, or randomly fail to connect. I would assume this means that my driver is a bit wonky, because my card (a BCM 4318) works fine under windows. it was also noted...

What patches, upgrades/mods have been added to the BT3 stock kernel? I have a problem with my BCM card, and i believe it's the default kernel's BCM patch that was applied.