I figured out my problem, in case anyone is having similar problems in the future ill add in how I fixed this

I am using linux Mint and for me I had to right click desktop and then select Create Launcher

After this all I had to do was select the Bitcoin QT file located in the tar.gz I downloaded

after it created a desktop icon which launched the Bitcoin Core client

here is a source I used in order to complete this task

http://xmodulo.com/2013/11/create-desktop-shortcut-launcher-linux.html

* if you dont trust the link just copy and paste it into your URL

take care!