@MGA74
You have to make sure you have a 64 bit or 32 bit machine. My computer came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. If you're dual booting with Windows and linux, get on your Windows hard drive, go to your Control Panel and look for System. Click on System and it will tell you what bit (64 or 32) your computer is.
My computers are all 64 bit so on Sourceforge, I always choose the file that is x86_64. It's the "only" file I choose and it's 28 MB in size. I never choose the installer since I don't install linux Pale Moon.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pm4linux/files/24.7.2/
Basically, that download is a tarball. I always like to download all my files to the Desktop so I can see them quickly. To keep it simple. I'm going to use what I do and it might be just a little different for you since I have all my Mint settings set for "single click" instead of double click.
Once I download the tarball to the Desktop, I right click on the tarball and a box opens up. In the box I choose and left click on the prompt "Extract here". The folder that is extracted is named, "palemoon". Then I left click on the "palemoon" folder and another box pops open. I then scroll on down to the executable file named (again) "palemoon". NOT the file named "palemoon-bin". ( I guess both files would work, but I've never used the palemoon-bin file.)
Then I right click on the "palemoon" executable file and another box opens up. Then I left click on the prompt, "Execute" and Pale Moon will open and run. You'll have to maximize Pale Moon since it will open up minimized.
When a new linux Pale Moon version is released, I download the newest Pale Moon tarball, then I just delete the green colored palemoon folder on my desktop. Then I repeat the steps above. All my settings are usually there in the new version, but I backup my settings to a thumb/flash drive just to be safe.
VERY IMPORTANT: Before you get "hot to trot" to run Pale Moon from the executable file, please remember you won't have the Desktop Pale Moon launcher icon and you won't have the Panel taskbar Pale Moon launcher icon. These launchers have to be created by the use of gui windows and that entails a lot more "steps" in explanation. I'm going to see if I can find those directions on the SolydX site where they should still be there in a topic. I just have to find the topic, then copy and paste those directions to this forum.
So I think you should "wait" until I find the launcher icon directions. I've got them written down, but re-typing them to this forum will be a very long, long message.
Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia) Xfce w/ Linux Pale Moon, Linux Waterfox, Linux SeaLion, Linux Firefox
MX Linux 23.2 (Libretto) Xfce w/ Linux Pale Moon, Linux Waterfox, Linux SeaLion, Linux Firefox
Linux Debian 12.5 (Bookworm) Xfce w/ Linux Pale Moon, Linux Waterfox, Linux SeaLion, Linux Firefox