UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Atm i have Windows 98. Can i install a Unix system like Redhat on my computer, and on boot choose which one to go to? Like i can with Win95 & 98...
Please help me. I dont know alot about unix so im still learning. I just know its better than Win for the internet and it doesnt crash.

Thanks, that helped me too.

Thx m8, that helped me alot. Btw, what are the differences between Redhat, Linux, Unix and all the other things u can tell me about that are important for a noob?

Let me put it simply:

DOS is to Windows 9x
as
Unix is to Linux (or any other "visual" Unix based OS)


** by visual i mean non command prompt, or like Windows where you dont have to type in all your commands**

So, erm, what you guys are saying is, is that UNiX Doesn't have a Graphical mode? It's all terminal? Not that i mind, but never even saw a unix machine, thus i am curious

yuh yuh... the old unix systems (before X windows) were character based displayed on a monochrome monitor. everything needs keystroke.

despite that fact, our guru was able to develope a powerful text editor like vi which can do block, cut, copy, paste and many other commands between seperate files in a single buffer --- all using merely keyboard. my younger brothers who were born "after mouse" were amazed when i demo to them the power of vi on a green monochrome screen...heheh ) yeh...long live keyboard!

So it goes like the MS OSs...:
Dos->Windows
Unix->Linux->Redhat & all the other version
?

Should i install Linux or Redhat? What Unix based OS has the most powerful graphics, like the most suitable Unix OS for playing games...