Looking for information for someone who has a basic concept of the open source idea but no clue how to use it. Maybe a good faq or something? Thank you!

there are a ton of different open source liscense out there. GPL is the big one and there is a FAQ

 

[/url][url=http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html]http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

Where do I start getting into linux or unix? Which one should a basic computer user use? o_O

use linux. start by just installing Redhat and seeing how you like it. Its one of the most newbie friendly linux versions out there