Everyone's different, you may find some of this useful to you. Linode and Slicehost both have excellent documentation, forums and other resources, all publicly

Everyone's different, you may find some of this useful to you. Linode and Slicehost both have excellent documentation, forums and other resources, all publicly available whether you're a customer or not. http://www.linode.com/community/ http://www.linode.com/community/ http://library.linode.com/ http://library.linode.com/ StackScripts, ready-made scripts to set up a box: http://www.linode.com/stackscripts/ http://www.linode.com/stackscripts/ Using Linux on your Linode - Linux System Administration: http://library.linode.com/using-linux/administration-basics http://library.linode.com/using-linux/administration-basics http://www.slicehost.com/community/ http://www.slicehost.com/community/ Ubuntu help for various releases: https://help.ubuntu.com/ https://help.ubuntu.com/ 11.04 Desktop, Server and Installation help: https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/index.html https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/index.html 11.04 Ubuntu Server Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/serverguide/C/index.html https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/serverguide/C/index.html 20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/top-linux-monitoring-tools.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/top-linux-monitoring-tools.htm... The Linux System Administrator's Guid: http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html Linux Administration Made Easy: http://tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/index.html http://tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/index.ht... Linux Newbie Administrator Guide: http://lnag.sourceforge.net/ http://lnag.sourceforge.net/ Shell Programming for Beginners: http://ontwik.com/linux/shell-programming-for-beginners/ http://ontwik.com/linux/shell-programming-for-beginners/ man bash (i.e, read the man page) Bash Reference Manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html Linux Security Basics (particularly the bits on no root login, and locking down ssh): http://library.linode.com/security/basics http://library.linode.com/security/basics