Recommendations for Learning Linux

[steadybright]

Hi!

I've had a lot of fun/frustration working with ArchLinuxARM on my Pogoplug V2. Prior to this, I'd never worked with Linux, but I'm excited to continue learning, now that I've gotten a taste of it.

I don't know where to start. I see there are lots of Linux distros out there. I've read that ArchLinuxARM is a fork of Ubuntu. It also seems that beginner books on Linux seem to focus on a particular distro.

What I want to do:
1. For now, focus on ArchLinux ARM
2. Learn how to (in no particular order):
. . . a. Understand the file structure
. . . b. Understand how drives (media?) are managed
. . . c. See which version of the kernel I'm running
. . . d. Learn file operations (moving, copying, SEARCHING(!))
. . . e. How is ArchLinuxARM different than ArchLinux and other Linux distros?
. . . f. There's plenty more; I don't even know what I don't know

Since I'm mostly focused on ArchLinuxARM, and since I'm running on a Pogoplug V2, I assume there's no suitable GUI (other than SSH). Is this correct?

If so, it would seem I need to focus on doing all the above through SSH, although I have discovered a few things I can do in Webmin.

I'm interested in books, blogs, videos, etc. Just looking for the most efficient way to get up to speed on (ArchLinuxARM) Linux.

My background is DOS and Windows, if that makes a difference.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

steady

[WarheadsSE]

I'm not laughing at you, please understand this!!

Bahaahahahahaahhaaa aahh aahhahahahahahahhah Ubuntu fork

[steadybright]

Must have been a bad reference. You can find anything on the 'net.

Hence my request for help from those I thought most qualified.

[moonman]

Ubuntu is a fork of debian, and something like linux mint is a fork of ubuntu.

Arch is the distribution that was started from scratch and is not a fork of any other distro. I would start from googling things around.

[steadybright]

I've done lots of Googling, and lots of trial and error.

But it seems that often the most feasible instructions available are for Arch Linux, but I've found that what is supposed to work on Arch Linux doesn't always work on Arch Linux ARM. So maybe the answer is to study Linux (big picture) and come back to Arch Linux ARM after I've got a better sense of direction.

Thanks, though!

steady