Danny's Noob Guide to Building a Cluster

Building a Home Computer Cluster! This post is intended for all the linux/computer noobs out there, like myself, who want to build their own computer cluster at home, but are easily daunted by all the computer experts online who throw big words around and aren't interested in people who just want to fiddle around and not become full experts themselves. That said, I would not have been able to complete my project had there not been extensive resources online provided by people who in fact do care about the noobs. The issue is that these resources are scattered far and wide across the interweb, and this post is meant as a way to pull all of them together. I in no way am claiming to have come up with the ideas that are detailed below, and have made every effort to link to whatever expert I am citing. What knowledge I am assuming: A basic familiarity with the existence of terminal, and being able to type commands into it. If you aren't familiar, terminal exists, its a