That’s the -v option at work, from the manual (man mkdir):
-v, --verbose print a message for each created directory
Here is something to consider: Install QEMU (Virtual machine emulator) and install what you want to try out in there. That is safer than doing it on your daily driver. It took me months to learn Linux and I am learning each and every day. I am managing a lot of servers, which is easy, I am a terminal junkie, but I have agreed to run Manjaro on my desktop, running with the latest RC kernel and getting things running took all of 5 hours today.
The one thing is to never give up and keep a written log, something like putting pen to paper 
In 10 years from now when you cook your own kernel and find that first log back…