I’m really new to using Gutsy. The installation of Panda3d went fine (hard to mes that up clicked to open in and package automatically installed itself). However, now I have the folder extracted on my desktop, I open it up and for the life of me I can’t figure out what I need to change to get the program to actually run (i.e. click on icon and have the program come up so I can use it.)
Panda3D is a tool for programmers. You really do have to be a programmer to use it. If you haven’t taken a programming class, you won’t get far.
So Panda3D itself isn’t a program. It’s a library of subroutines. However, you can run the sample programs:
% cd /usr/share/panda3d/samples/Boxing-Robots
% python Tut-Boxing-Robots.py
If your terribly new to programming but still want to get Panda3d a try, then I recommend this:
I have not gone through it to verify its content, but you can always come to our online IRC chanel for help if you get stuck:
find us at : irc.freenode.net , on channel #panda3d
If IRC isnt something your comfy with, there is always online forums for python:
python-forum.org/pythonforum/index.php
Either way this should help you get on down the road 
cheers
nl