[luv-geelong] newbie questions

Hello to all, Or should it be G'day Mate? New to the Linux world. I've decided to plunge into a Raspberry Pi. I've looked for Linux support/question forums and LUV & LUV-Geelong keeps popping up, but I don't see to be able to find a forum or something similar. The only info is email ??!! So I am. If this the correct method of getting support? Are there any preferred forums/groups to do searches for possible previous Linux newbie questions? My Linux question is that I have installed Transmission-daemon, and the log reports "another" version running. How do I "CLI" find what is running? How do I prevent Transmission-Daemon for starting at boot? (I have removed the added lines from init.d) Thanks Matt