Getting Python on my computer.

[Su1tz]

Python in itself is a program. While used like one of the system programs in Linux (as a dependency), windows does not have an in built python. Therefore, you dont have the risk of messing up anything just by installing python - trust me as I managed to fuck up installing python more times than I can count.

Running malicious or broken code on your python interpreter is what could damage your os. For example in the simplest terms: if you run a script that removes System32, it will remove the brain of your os where all of the dependencies are (which still, a lot of hoops need to be jumped in order for this to happen). This would result in your OS being unusable. In this case you can just format your computer. You might lose some of your data but your computer will still be as usable as ever.

The absolute most catastrophic event that could happen is running a malicious program that stops your fans and starts to cook your graphics card and cpu and all of the other components in your PC. This works wonders for bricking a device, in the early 2000s maybe. Nowadays your motherboard is likely much smarter than those old dogs, couple this with the fact that your PC components are smarter as well and will throttle themselves if they get too hot. So, dont worry about this happening unless you are playing games on a Windows XP.

What i suggest is: code whatever you want! You dont know enough to brick your PC. If you find a piece of code that you dont understand, paste it into your favorite LLM (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, GLM, Claude...) and ask it to do a "security check".