Windows blows. I'm poor so unix is looking like a great alterative (expecially after my former roommate showed me most of the things it can do). Right now I'm looking at Debian or some other Unix kernel that would run nicley on my computer.

But the problem we had with installing it while he was gone was that my computer has alot of Nvidia hardware inside of it and for the guys I'm asking this to you probobly know that this presents some difficulties.

I actually have a few questions being a realative Unix noob.

1: What would be the easiest way of installing a Unix OS on my computer and how would I go about doing so?
2: My former roommate (big unix fan nerd) had a badass kernel which he said was still in development. But it did have multiple 3D desktop which he could just grab and move over. But like he said, was still in the development process.
3: He also had another one where he organized his tasks by scrolling the mouse wheel. So he would scroll it and "Media" in white text in the center of the screen would show up for a second and all his current running media programs would be in there.
(what would the last two be called?)

As it is right now. I still need Windows but only for PC titles like Battlefield, Unreal Tournament and certain programs that I need for school. Any and all help would be apprectiated seeing as how I don't have alot of time to research this between class's and work. Thanks in advance.