Just adding my 2 cents here.
maerlyngb, when I was a noob myself, I wish I could have come across this great book to help me get started - it would have made things a whole lot easier, especially with new concepts for someone coming from the Windows world. I don't know if that is your case, but I'd highly recommend that you download
The Linux Command Line (which is available for free as in
free pizza )
here. The last edition was published 2 months ago. Hope you find it useful.