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Basic stuff to learn how to get around. sorry I know this is in the wrong forum, but I didn't know which one.
You could use books, you can ask questions on here. I'm a big fan of just trying to figure it out on your own. It's pretty hard to break the computer, your biggest warning is if you have to enter a password to do something -- you may want to know why it's asking for your password and what you're trying to do.
You might find this incredibly long thread about Software recommendations good. I would start reading it from the last page forward though as it is a bit dated from page 1.