User friendly non specialist setup guide

[CallMeMike]

In this time and age the abundance of news, general and specific resources and technology is prevalent so people have learned to use computers to their advantage for seeking information on what is interesting and useful for them; learning is a lifetime exercise which has started upon leaving the mother's womb.

What stops you to use your favourite Web search engine for finding information? What is a 'search engine'? Here's a lifeline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine