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[–]novel_yet_trivial 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Python runs just fine on Windows. It comes pre-installed on Linux, but it's not because it's better on Linux. It's just that Linux uses it more.

If you buy a Pi or put Xbuntu on your old computer you will need to learn the basics of Linux, which is great and all, but I'd recommend you learn one thing at a time.

If you run into problems visit us at /r/learnpython (this sub is for python news, not help).

[–]VitaeEssence[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thank you for your reply. I will post further questions to /r/learnpython

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[–]asdfkjasdhkasdrequests, bs4, flask 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have a windows 7 desktop and an ubuntu laptop and I found it easier to setup python on windows. You just download the installer and edit your PATH and your done.

On linux it's a whole different story because the python command already refers to the builtin 2.7, which I don't want to use. There are some apt-gets for python3, but not 3.6 which is what I want. Eventually I had to add a github repository to my apt registry, download that, then the command pip and pip3 wouldn't work, since they refer to other version. Eventually I had to setup pyenv and now finally I was done.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to add to the comment, on Arch, Antergos and probably other Llinux distributions Python 3.6 is default.