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as an additional bit of info, CentOS is the closest you will get to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (barring some others like Scientific Linux, Whitebox, etc). Is there any particular reason you need Red Hat?
Also, if it may make things easier on you, not being familiar with Linux, you can install software like Virtualbox and manage the Linux install from within whatever OS you are more familiar with.