sorry, my internet at home is down so i'm going to try to download and burn all the necesairy files on a cd and install it all on my pc.I already had my HD partitioned so i guess i can make an extra partition for the linux part:D.thanx for all the information.
I must say PSPad is the way to go for you :PIt supports many different coding languages and all languages that are supported even have a syntax highlighter.