Welcome to VSIDO cdysthe! If you've been using Linux since 1998, this will be your best OOTB experience yet! There are a lot of us here, and we're all willing to help. The VSIDO distro is great, but the community here is pretty awesome as well. Often overlooked, IMO is the irc channel (Freenode.net #VSIDO) where someone is always there and ready to answer questions.
Glad your here!