Here is a cheatsheet for how to navigate in a Linux shell: Cheatsheets and Tutorials for users new to Linux based operating systems
now as for tools to connect to your terminal well it aint that hard Putty works
as for logs
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just follow that or if you cant handle that you could use the log uploader in myosmc.