Adul - alot of the newer distros install a proggy called "Midnight Commander". It's a Norton Commander clone for linux. I can't live without it. I even have it on my NetBSD.
Try going to a terminal and typing "mc". If something comes up, then you can use that to do all sorts of stuff like find files, move files, change ownership/permission on files, FTP to other places to transfer files, and even edit your firewall config stuff... 😛