Welcome to Linux. ;) True, some of them HOWTO's do seem to be written
for other than the "typical" user, but with careful reading and
rereading they actually *can* be helpful. Anyway, as an additional
source of reading material take a look at
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/
There're a number of guide-book type docs there, namely the System
Administrator's Guide (commonly referred to as the SAG). There's also
the Network Admin's Guide (predictably referred to as the NAG). As well
as a number of others. You will probably want to eventually read all of
them there.
There's also some good printed books out there. One I found
indispensible was Linux In A Nutshell from O'Reilly. It's just a
command reference, *NOT* a tutorial. But I found that just flipping
through that book I learned quite a lot. It becomes the biggest help
once you've started playing a good bit and have a decent grasp on the
basics.
As far as adding software, the most important thing you can do is read
whatever documentation that comes with the software. Just about every
single program out there that you can download will come with at the
very least a README somewhere in the archive. Find it and read it
before anything else. Then read whatever other docs came in the
archive.
As for adding users, 'man adduser' is a good place to start. ;)
Seriously, you *will* get very familiar with the man command. If you
know the name of a command but aren't sure exactly how to use it, 'man
commandname' will tell you more than you want to know, along with
(hopefully) what you *do* want to know.
Sheesh, didn't mean to write a book here. This should at least get you
started. Good luck.
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