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I think your question is too vague for most people to answer it. Here are some guesses that might work for you:
1. Go to webmin.com and download webmin, a free system administration tool that runs through your browser and provides easily understood support for most "tasks," whatever those might be...
2. Put specific questions to Google. If worded right -- usually a little experimentation will help here -- you can find specific advice about virtually anything related to Linux, but don't try to just search for info on "Linux tasks." I tried that just now and got 2,800,000 hits.
3. Go to oreilly.com and buy a book or two. I have Running Linux and Linux in a Nutshell. They make a good pair; between the two of them you have a pretty good shot at getting at least some progress in figuring stuff out. Latest editions are for 2002-2003, which might seem dated, but the basics haven't changed much. You can always use man and info pages on your current system to check on changes in the options that go with a command or other feature, once you've gotten the basic hang of things from the books. O'Reilly may have other stuff that suits your own needs better. They are the outstanding publisher for Linux, bar none.
Maximux1u2, cool town you live in, camped there on a couple of my motorcycle rides out to Alberta over the years. Raellis beat me to the question here. If you are a little more specific on what "several tasks" you are interested in, you will find many people offering a wealth of info. In the mean time you may even find a local linux users group (lug) in your area, or at least some local people with some experience, check this out: http://www.freewebs.com/nolug/members.htm
I'm surprised no one has mentioned http://www-136.ibm.com/developerworks/. Registration is free and you then get access to the certification exam tutorials. They cover BASH, networking, installing, and lots of other stuff in nice bite-sized tutorials.
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