rokytnji wrote:Core install iso is a no nothing much there AntiX type of install. One builds his or hers AntiX Desktop and Applications they wish to use with that type of install. Not for the novice linux user IMO.

You sound like you went with the Full Iso install. By the way. It does not matter concerning apt-get or synaptic package manager, (which is the gui front end for apt-get), whether you install any application while in LXDE, IceWM,or Fluxbox. Installing from apt-get and repositories automatically updates menus in all Desktops.

The only time you will encounter problems is when you install and run a application statically from /home or /opt like you did with a Thunderbird.tar.bz2 or a Firefox.tar.bz2 or a Seamonkey.tar.bz2.
All libraries are in that run that application are in the extracted folder from that extracted .tar.bz2 and so a manual made launcher is required if wishing to keep that application in /home. Hope that gives ya a idea.