Newbie desktop question

[Bill Walton]

Greetings all,

I'm new to Ubuntu and have a schtupit newbie question (more to come ;-) ).  I've installed the 8.04 (64 bit) desktop with no problems.  I got Netbeans 6.0.1 (Ruby only version) installed in the /opt directory and can run it via the file browser.  How do I get Netbeans to show up in my application list and/or put an icon on the desktop?

TIA,
Bill
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