So I installed the Ubuntu Linux distro that Mark linked to in another thread it took a couple of tries but it's going now.

I have the microsoft trackball explorer mouse and would like to know if there is some way to be able to use the extra buttons. It works like a normal two button mouse with scroll wheel but in windows I have the extra buttons set for forward and back in firefox which is handy.

I did get mouse gestures to work inspite of the fact that mozilla says it shouldn't so I suppose I could use that but the buttons would be better.