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iCan offers courses online.  I am currently enrolled in my first one, an 
Introduction to Linux Programming.  I don't know if you can still get in 
because the class began last Friday.

Of course, there is much more to Linux than programming, but like you, I 
needed someone to walk me through some things from beginning to end. 
 The number of things I don't understand when I read a 'man' page is 
scary.  I could follow these to new man pages for days and still not 
know what I want to know.  The learning curve is steep.  I am hoping 
that at some point I'll get to a point where I can start making larger 
connections among all the little things I'm picking up.  

Someone mentioned on another NG about an intro to Linux on IBM's site 
somewhere.  Although I haven't checked it out, YOU might want to and 
report back?  :-)

I'll let you know about the iCan course, too.

In the first week we wrote a very little C program, compiled it and 
packed it into a tarball.  Lessons are designed to get progressively 
more complex, building on the previous techniques.

Good luck!

Damon