I have no direction, my persuit of understanding Linux has kind of hit a wall. The "steps" of my learning have been lost. I have larger goals but they all are diverted by the misterious workings of things I know nothing about. My lack of understanding of the actual Linux system and it's workings with an understanding of the capabilities of it's commands has me "Staggering in the dark". What the deal is is I dont see "small steps" in learning Linux. I cant seem to find what I'm looking for either. I'm never satisfied with what I'm reading and I cant seem to figure it out on my own. I'm looking to set up a LAN at my house and well right now it's a little bit off. I know Win well but it's not that great I can already see it doesnt have the capabilities Linux has. I started getting into Shell Scripting and stuff like that, also learning how to program in C. I know those things are good and everything but is it the time you think?

Right now I can navigate the system and everything using either the x11 interface or without. I can manage files and stuff like that with or without it... I'm there, that is all I know and I dont have a direction. DOS pretty much stops at that and I dont have the direction from people here so I come to you. What steps or areas should I concern investigation and trial?

Thanks