*sigh* this past week sucked...

[Overclocked]

Yes, i already own Knoppix, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu, plus a crap load of full Linux copies. I already know DOS like the back of my hand, so learning a completely different OS console seems like a bit of work to me...

Not really, most of the command are the same, they just have different names.
https://www.computerhope.com/unix.htm

Look on the right, it has a table comparing dos and linux

ADD: https://www.linuxcommand.org/