🚀 go-pugleaf

please... i would prefer if other newbies answered this one, cos it's a 
unique point of view

i want something that will give me a good start on the command line, as 
well as basic directory structure, something tailored for newbies.  The 
main problem that i have is that i don't always understand man pages 
and howto's.  I would like to become independent... i.e. not have to 
continually ask inane and/or obvious questions about commands that 
should be straightforward.

any suggestions for books (available in australia) would be good too.

as an ms-dos user of old, i prefer the command line to the gui method of 
doing admin stuff, but still like to get most of my productivity done 
in a windowed environment.  ever since my quickbooks went loco (windows 
crashed... prompting a re-install, only to find that the F*@#$%%@ 
people at quicken no longer provide support (patches) for any of their 
products over two years old, meaning although i had the original cd and 
registration information... i couldn't get the patch i had applied, 
rendering my TWO WHOLE F*&%@$%#&* YEARS OF WORK COMPLETELY F#^$&% 
USELESS. (I still have issues)), i have been completely Windows free, 
and i love it.

now... if only i could figure out how this Mandrake thingy works...

thanks