You could start with reading the stickys in the HD_install and General_support forum sections, and check the Docs section.
This page has a lot of useful general linux links: http://www.linuxlinks.com/Beginners/
including the quite popular Linux Newbie Administrator Guide http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/
and http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~squa...inuxmanual.pdf which needs to be printed double-sided if you really want it on one page

PS: It's daytime in europe