chalewa4bambu

I installed mandrake 9.2 on my system a while ago, and basically couldnt get it to work at all, i think that i had some problems in formatting the hard disk and what not. But anyhow, I am looking to reinstall it again, and was wondering if anyone knew of any good books/sites that would give a step by step guide for getting started with linux.....i.e. how to start up kde and just general information....any help would be appreciated