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The period is a variable that means 'my current working directory.' The slash is a separator. Therefore, the command ./secondlife, as noted above, tells your console 'run secondlife in my current working directory.'
The application itself will simply be named secondlife and will live in whatever directory you've unpacked the program to. You may be able to run it by simply double clicking on the secondlife icon throught the GUI and choosing 'execute,' or you may need to open up an instance of the console to do that. The console is another name for the command line interface or the prompt, and learning how to use it in general is not a bad idea when running Linux. The desktop environments have gotten a lot better, but still are nowhere near to approaching the power and flexibility provided by the CLI.
How to open the console varies depending on your DE. Gnome is my DE of choice and I know there it's under the 'System' sub-menu. It's usually somewhere similar on other DE's, but having never used Linpus I really can't be more specific unfortunately.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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