Nice one!
As far as using the MySQL data in the new linux version of MySQL goes, I have to say I'm not sure. That said thoug, I wouldn't have thought it was that much of an issue - you could probably just use phpmyadmin to dump the databases to an sql file, then open it up on the linux machine and restore it from there. Probably not a bad idea to do it that way anyway.
There are a few commands in linux which I find incredibly useful
chmod +x /path/to/file - allows a fille (bash script and so on) to be executed. Not a good idea if you don't know what the script does, but if you have just written it, thats the command to get it going.
chown -R username:usergroup /path/to/directory - the -R makes the permissions change work recursively through any directories in the path you supplied
Three variations on sudo:
sudo - the main one, useful for when you just need to run a single command
sudo su - makes you the superuser until you type 'exit' - useful for when you have to do a few things in the console
gksudo [gnome program name] - opens up the gnome program in superuser mode. Dangerous, but useful. Use it when you need nautilus to move files around in /opt or when you want to edit a config file but can't be arsed using nano.
Someone should probably have warned you about all those permissions - sorry bout that.
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