It would be nice to have a small, simple & direct TIP thread for us Eagle users..
Cadsoft hosts a newsgroup that is pretty useful (or was, last time I looked.) It is also available via "element14"
There's also a yahoo group for EagleCAD, and sub-topics on various other fora where EAGLE questions come up.
The download from Cadsoft is definitely "real" software and not some trojan/virus.