Do yourself a favor. After it's installed, check the Release Notes. The FAQ is good for your most likely questions. As you hear in media news every day, people are jumping into cyberspace in huge numbers. But, there are growing pains.
Communities evolve customs and standards of acceptable behavior.
The 'Net has these too. As in the non-electronic world, a person who is unaware of these 'rules of conduct' may find themselves treated in an unpleasant fashion. Many an internet novice has haplessly wandered into a newsgroup or chat room hoping to find social interaction or information, only to unknowingly commit a social faux pas. The term 'flame' has evolved as a descriptive for the heated, derisive and sometimes rude attacks the novice may suffer. It bears saying that one need not fear the Internet as being populated by hostiles.