Is there a basic WRITTEN how-to somewhere? Suitable for a cryptocurrency noob? I find video tutorials really hard to use for something like this. Maybe it's my eyesight, maybe it's my crappy monitor, maybe it's my brain. Hmmm. I'll blame the monitor.

I confess confusion. That's where I got the zip FROM, actually. There's a link on the right side of the page about midway down labeled "Download ZIP" and pointing to
https://github.com/sherlockcoin/navajocoin/archive/master.zip
(although when I download it the filename is actually "navajocoin-master.zip", not "master.zip". I didn't realize the link and filenames could be different.)
The zip contains instructions for 2 alternate installation methods for installing "navajocoin-qt" for Debian type systems (such as 'buntus). Both seem to require only the files in the zip and stuff on the distro's regular repo. There are also instructions for installing a CLI-only (no gui) version.  Are you outlining another method of doing the same things? Or something else that has to be done first? I was under the impression "git" was software for collaboration between programmers working on the same project. But it sounds like you are saying that
"git clone http://www.Github.com/sherlockcoin/navajocoin"
(without quote marks) is the equivalent of downloading the zip and then extracting it. Reading the article on "git" in wikipedia I get the vague idea it may be inherently more secure, at least if you are going to be downloading succeeding revisions. Am I making any sense? If I'm reading them right, the instructions in the zip say all I have to do is open the file navajocoin-qt.pro (provided in the zip) with qtcreator (which is in the Ubuntu Trusty repo) and it will create an executable file "navajocoin-qt" which I gather is a gui ap for receiving and disbursing Navahocoins. That sure sounds simple. Is there any reason not to do it that way?

Any way I've downloaded the zip twice, about a day ago and again a few hours ago. Both files have a sha512sum of

6b82f85118c3b87f049834c79c4e51c608049cb0adbe3fffc68101373b10dbcb312f0fccab1411e c542349961189dfef686ee48a7718860d6a3b9982375e75f9

Failing devs with published public keys and signed hashes or an apt repository that handles that under the hood the way Debian-family repos do, it would be nice if y'all would at least publish the appropriate hashes. That's not something that needs to wait for the next release. It only takes a minute. I don't mean to sound whiny. I do appreciate the efforts y'all have gone to and I hope it profits you. And finagle knows, I may have totally misunderstood something. You may think I'm ridiculously paranoid, but these kinds of precautions are common with security-critical software. And software that has the potential to render government monopolized fiat currencies irrelevant anachronisms threatens the interests of some of the most powerful and most evil people on the planet. I don't think that's melodrama, just realism. So, yeah, I PRACTICE being paranoid. Cause practice makes perfect. I just hope we're all perfect ENOUGH if the smelly stuff ever really hits the fan. Thanks for your efforts.

Thanks, Pakage. You must have been answering while I was editing in that last line (gnu/linux, ubuntu, trusty, openbox, 64 bit). I'm not scared of compiling. I'm a cryptocurrency-noob, not an IT-noob. But I am a little surprised, and a wee bit concerned, that there is no gpg/pgp signed hash for the zip. I would think a community interested in this kind of software would be more security conscious. Not just because it's dealing with something very similar to money, but also because it is something that threatens the self-interests of the powers that be. Am I missing something?

Total noob to cryptocurrencies here. I've skimmed through this thread a bit and couldn't find what I'm after. But it is a reeeeally big-ass thread. [For those of you not familiar with SRM (Standard Redneck Measurements) units "big-ass" is twice the size of "humongous".] I have spent hours with a search engine too. Is there a straight forward step-by-step set of instructions on how to get set up and running with this?

You know, something like:
   1-Get so-and-so's pgp public key at somewebsite.org
   2-Download the wallet blah, blah.
   3-Get the signed hash somewhere.
   4-Verify.
   5-Extract in this directory.
   6-Run these commands.
      . . . etc.

I haven't found a wiki or anything like that. I want to support this as more for moral/ideological/political reasons than any other. Thanks if you can point me in the right direction.

I'm on a 64 bit gnu/linux btw. Ubuntu Trusty without all the usual bling. Plain openbox environment.