Lanstarr, we are happy with you here. But you need to brush up on forum etiquette.

First and foremost you need to read previous posts, a little lingering before posting. The search forum is also valuable.

Secondly you need to go some groundwork, nee google. google will provide you a vast manjority of answers to questions. Also in your case a little background information would have helped you to forsee that some of the questions you asked would create an endless discussion. Such as which Unix is newest/best. Something I noticed whilst in my lingering period was that this forum strives for objectivity in threads.

You also need to show some empathy for some of the long time posters at this site, you may have noticed as a regular on other forums perhaps that particular topics come up over and over again. When you have posts in the thousands at a forum this can become a little annoying, especailly when there is a search function.

So keep posting, just make sure that your questions are a little bit more tailored for reasonble responses. Keep to the rules and just be aware of the general feel of forums your are at.

Noone is mad at you, I understand how you feel - when I first started on some forums I felt moderators were shooting me down but in hindsight they weren't. I feel some of the tutorials I linked you to in another post will help you alot. Also read some of the posts about which books are good; there are several of these topics around.
With books, experimentation and of course RTFM you will get to a basic level of understanding really quickly.

Hmm, I've rambled on aimlessly.