Frontpage pretty much messed up my HTML learning process by doing some very funky things

I do how to know code HTML a little. I dont know all of the commands, but I know the basics. I have also taken a JAVA class, but I beilive that to be pretty useless in writing JAVAscript. I have toyed with the idea of using dreamweaver, but given the comments, I think I'll read up a bit more on the HTML tags. The idea of writing stuff like embedded tables and changing colors within text boxes while changing the text font so that it contrasts is what drove me to use the "code factory." I know that I could write a very plain page, but I am wanting the site to attract investors (eventually) and all this stuff has to be done in my spare time. I can't negelct my classes in an effort to get my projects off the ground.

Would it be more advantageous to set linux up on a seperate box from my windows computer?

Thanks for all the help!